Do we understand the true cost of hip fractures?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 382-383

  Cooney, Leo M ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; NOTE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS;

EID: 0031093910     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00960.x     Document Type: Editorial

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