Shared care between geriatricians and orthopaedic surgeons as a model of care for older patients with hip fractures

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1214, 2005, Pages

  Thwaites, John H ^a   Mann, Fazal ^a   Gilchrist, Nigel ^a   Frampton, Christopher ^b   Rothwell, Alastair ^c   Sainsbury, Richard ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; ERGOCALCIFEROL; ETIDRONIC ACID; PAMIDRONIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC CARE; HIP FRACTURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 23844441316     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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