The effectiveness of implementing a care pathway for femoral neck fracture in older people: A prospective controlled before and after study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 178-184

  Roberts, Helen C ^a   Pickering, Ruth M ^b   Onslow, Elizabeth ^b   Clancy, Mike ^b   Powell, Jackie ^a   Roberts, Alison ^a,c   Hughes, Kerry ^b,d   Coulson, Diane ^a,e   Bray, Jane ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Simbec Research Ltd ^*  (Portugal)

^d SIMBEC RESEARCH LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e Ravenswood House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care Pathway; Effectiveness; Elderly; Hip fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 1542359591     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh063     Document Type: Article

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