Association between additional weekend rehabilitation and functional outcomes in patients with hip fractures: does age affect the effectiveness of weekend rehabilitation?

To investigate the association between additional weekend rehabilitation and functional outcomes among different age groups. After matching 129,583 pairs of cases, a significantly higher correlation was found between patients who had received weekend rehabilitation and improved physical function at discharge compared with those who had not received weekend regarding function in transferring, walking, and stair climbing at discharge, as compared with patients who did not (odds ratio [95