Upper extremity fractures in the elderly: Consequences on utilization of rehabilitation care

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 276-280

  Lübbeke, Anne ^a   Stern, Richard ^a,b   Grab, Bernard ^b   Herrmann, François ^b   Michel, Jean Pierre ^b   Hoffmeyer, Pierre ^a  

^a Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologie de l'Appareil Locomoteur   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Older person; Osteoporotic fracture; Rehabilitation care; Upper extremity fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; RADIUS FRACTURE; REHABILITATION CARE; ARM; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; NURSING HOME; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33644661040     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324610     Document Type: Article

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