Acute care of hip fractures in centenarians-Do we need more resources?

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 368-370

  Verma, Rajeev ^a   Rigby, Alan S ^a   Shaw, C J ^a   Mohsen, A ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Cost implications; Hip fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62549116127     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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