Impact of fractures on health care in a major university hospital in Rome

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 505-511

  Romagnoli, Elisabetta ^a   Carnevale, Vincenzo ^b   Calandra, Pierluigi ^c   D'Erasmo, Emilio ^a   De Geronimo, Simona ^a   Pepe, Jessica ^a   Manfredi, Giuseppe ^d   Maranghi, Marianna ^a   Aliberti, Giuseppe ^a   Minisola, Salvatore ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^d University 'S Pio V'   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; DRG; Fractures; Hospital care; Older adults; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLLES FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0842303551     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327374     Document Type: Article

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