Variations in treatment of femoral neck fractures in Alberta

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 248-254

  Cree, Marilyn ^a   Yang, Qian ^a   Scharfenberger, Angela ^a   Johnson, David ^a   Carriere K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT CODING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036324040     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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