Care pathways for hip fractures: A useful tool or passing fashion?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-94

  Parker, Martyn J ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECUBITUS; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART DISEASE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 1542329669     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh061     Document Type: Editorial

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