Femoral neck fractures: Does age influence acute hospital stay, delay to surgery, and acute care costs?

Orthopedics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Verma, Rajeev ^a   Rigby, Alan ^b   Shaw, Chris ^b   Mohsen, Amr ^b  

^a CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949285138     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20100129-13     Document Type: Article

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