Outcome following hip fracture: Post-discharge residence and longterm mortality

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 653-656

  Johansen, Antony ^a   Mansor, Maizura ^a   Beck, Sue ^a   Mahoney, Heather ^a   Thomas, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WALES;

EID: 77955969034     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq074     Document Type: Letter

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