Length-of-stay (LOS) data from 2011 to 2014 was compared
with data after the implementation of NICHE education
for the same subset of geriatric trauma patients.
Overall hospital LOS in geriatric trauma patients aged
65 years and more had been on a downward trend from
2011 to 2013, decreasing from 5.39 days to 4.50 days,
respectively. Although LOS slightly increased in 2014,
LOS for geriatric trauma patients was 4.70 days, less than
the hospital LOS of 5.3 days in patients aged 65 years
and more. In addition, LOS in geriatric trauma patients
remained below the overall hospital LOS of 4.9 days for
patients of all ages.