Quality effects of operative delay on mortality in hip fracture treatment

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 371-377

  Sund, R ^a   Liski, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DELAY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27144540986     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2004.012831     Document Type: Article

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