Five-year outcome of individuals with hip fracture admitted to a Singapore hospital: Quality of life and survival rates after treatment

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 994-996

  Lee, Ai Ye J ^a   Tan, J ^a   Koh, Joyce ^a   Fook Chong, Stephanie M C ^a   Lo, Ngai Nung ^a   Howe, Tet Sen ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862087987     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03936.x     Document Type: Letter

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