Economic cost of osteoporotic hip fractures in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 980-984

  Lee, Yee Han Dave ^a   Lim, Y W ^a   Lam, K S ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cost effective treatment; Economic cost; Hip fractures; Hospitalisation costs; Osteoporotic hip fractures; Proximal femoral fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; ILEUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; THERAPY DELAY; TRACTION THERAPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 58849088847     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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