Re-admissions following hip fracture surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 591-595

  Hahnel, James ^a   Burdekin, Hannah ^b   Anand, Sanjeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthcare statistics; Hip fracture outcome; Morbidity rate; Mortality rate; Neck of femur fracture; Postoperative complications; Postoperative infection; Re admission rate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 77956075512     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X432374     Document Type: Article

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