Different reimbursement influences surviving of hip fracture in elderly patients

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-132

  Peleg, Kobi ^a,b   Savitsky, Bella ^a   Yitzhak, Berlovitz ^c   Avi, Israeli ^d,e  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

DRG; Early intervention; Hip fixation; Hip fractures; Reimbursement Regime

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GERIATRIC CARE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 78751559111     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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