The economic impact of a multifactorial intervention to improve postoperative rehabilitation of hip fracture patients

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 446-452

  Ruchlin, Hirsch S ^a,b   Elkin, Elena B ^b,c   Allegrante, John P ^d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Cost benefit; Hip fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 0034768071     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200110)45:5<446::aid-art364>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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