No ticking time bomb: Hospital utilisation of 28,528 hip fracture patients in Stockholm during 1998-2007

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 418-425

  Lofgren S ^a   Ljunggren, G ^b   Brommels, M ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Incidence; length of stay; longitudinal; register; surgery; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77953396642     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810370232     Document Type: Article

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