Is mortality after hip fracture associated with surgical delay or admission during weekends and public holidays? A retrospective study of 38,020 patients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 609-613

  Daugaard, Cecilie Laubjerg ^a   Jorgensen, Henrik L ^a   Riis, Troels ^a   Lauritzen, Jes B ^a   Duus, Benn R ^a   Van Der Mark, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASA SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; THERAPY DELAY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURES; HOLIDAYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870273834     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2012.747926     Document Type: Article

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