Does black race affect the odds of nonoperative care and survival in elderly patients with hip fracture?
Black race is associated with higher odds of nonoperative care for hip fracture and better survival among those treated nonoperatively, suggesting differential selection of operative candidates by race.
Black race predicts an increased odds of nonoperative care for hip fracture. Among patients receiving nonoperative care, black patients demonstrated increased survival compared with whites. These results are consistent with differential selection of operative candidates by patient race.
Neuman et al. (Thu,) studied this question.