Hip fracture incidence in Germany: Analysis of the national hospital discharge registry 2004;Inzidenz von hüftfrakturen in Deutschland - Auswertung der krankenhausdiagnosestatistik 2004

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 125-128

  Icks, Andrea ^a,f   Haastert, B ^b   Wildner, M ^c   Becker, C ^d   Meyer, G ^e  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Medistatistica   (Germany)

^c BAYERISCHES LANDESAMT FÜR GESUNDHEIT UND LEBENSMITTELSICHERHEIT   (Germany)

^d ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f Arztekammer Nordrhein   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hip fracture incidence; Population based registry; Regional variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38149084219     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1017485     Document Type: Article

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