Inter-hospital variations in length of hospital stay following hip fracture

Age and Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-337

  Parker, Martyn J ^a   Todd, Chris J ^b   Palmer, Chris R ^b   Camilleri Ferrante, Corinne ^c   Freeman, Carol J ^c   Laxton, Claire E ^c   Payne, Brian V ^d   Rushton, Neil ^e  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Services Research Group Department of Community Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c Direct of Public Health Medicine Anglia Oxford Reg Heath Authority   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Dept of Medicine for the Elderly West Norwich Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Hip fracture; Hospital stay

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TIME;

EID: 0031817906     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.3.333     Document Type: Article

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