Patients with femoral or distal forearm fracture in Germany: A prospective observational study on health care situation and outcome

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Endres, Heinz G ^a   Dasch, Burkhard ^a   Lungenhausen, Margitta ^b   Maier, Christoph ^b   Smektala, Rüdiger ^c   Trampisch, Hans J ^a   Pientka, Ludger ^d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MOBILITY; RADIUS FRACTURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; AGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMORAL FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746932531     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-87     Document Type: Article

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