The economic cost of hip fractures in community-dwelling older adults: A prospective study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 281-287

  Brainsky, Ada ^a   Glick, Henry ^a,f   Lydick, Eva ^b   Epstein, Robert ^c   Fox, Kathleen M ^c   Hawkes, William ^d   Michael Kashner, T ^e   Zimmerman, Sheryl Itkin ^d   Magaziner, Jay ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Merck Medco Managed Care Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP FRACTURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NURSING HOME;

EID: 0031055146     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00941.x     Document Type: Article

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