Fractures after nursing home admission: Incidence and potential consequences

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1775-1783

  Rapp, K ^a,b   Lamb, S E ^c,d   Klenk, J ^b   Kleiner, A ^b   Heinrich, S ^e   Konig H H ^e   Nikolaus, T ^f   Becker, C ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f Bethesda Geriatrische Klinik Ulm gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone; Fractures; Incidence; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOWER LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, BONE; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69949180343     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-009-0852-y     Document Type: Article

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