All-Cause Mortality Rates of Hip Fractures Treated in the VHA: Do They Differ from Medicare Facilities?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-119

  Lapcevic, William A ^a,c   French, Dustin D ^b   Campbell, Robert R ^a  

^a James A Haley VA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip fractures; Medicare; mortality; Veterans Administration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 75149184536     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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