Discharge setting for patients with hip fracture: Trends from 2001 to 2005

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1063-1068

  Nguyen Oghalai, Tracy U ^a   Kuo, Yong Fang ^b   Zhang, Dong D ^b   Graham, James E ^b   Goodwin, James S ^b   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Hip fractures; Medicare; Patient discharge; Prospective payment system

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649086466     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01688.x     Document Type: Article

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