Estonian hip fracture data from Jan 2009 - Oct 2017 (modified) Structure of the dataset and descriptions of the variables

• id -- anonymised patient's identification number
• sex -- f -- female; m -- male
• age -- in years
• county -- county of residence
• comorbidity -- morbidity index (how sick is the patient in terms of comorbidities)
• dementia -- presence of dementia (cognitive deficit): 1 - yes, 0 - no
• fracture_type -- 3 values: femoral_neck, pertrochanteric, subtrochanteric
• management_method -- values: conservative, hemiarthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty, osteosynthesis

• acute_LOS -- integer variable, acute length of stay in days
• acute_therapy -- scale variable, physical therapy received during acute care, hours

• postacute_LOS -- integer variable, total post-acute length of stay in days (includes all hospitalisations)
• postacute_therapy -- scale variable, total post-acute physical therapy received in hours (includes all in- and outpatient settings)
• postacute_type -- post-acute care type: patients were subgrouped by received post-acute in- and outpatient care

• status_3m 1 -- died within three months; 0 -- survived three months