Nonoperative care for hip fracture in the elderly: The influence of race, income, and comorbidities

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 314-320

  Neuman, Mark D ^a   Fleisher, Lee A ^a   Even Shoshan, Orit ^a,b   Mi, Lanyu ^b   Silber, Jeffrey H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Geriatrics; Hip fracture; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950295256     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ca4126     Document Type: Article

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