High incidence rate of hip fracture in Taiwan: Estimated from a nationwide health insurance database

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 998-1002

  Chie, W C ^a   Yang, R S ^b   Liu, J P ^c   Tsai, K S ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Incidence; Nationwide database

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE; TAIWAN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

EID: 11244250691     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-004-1651-0     Document Type: Article

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