Changes in hip fracture incidence, mortality and length of stay over the last decade in an Australian major trauma centre

Archives of Osteoporosis

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages

  Williams, Nicole ^a   Hardy, Ben M ^b   Tarrant, Seth ^c   Enninghorst, Natalie ^c   Attia, John ^d   Oldmeadow, Christopher ^b   Balogh, Zsolt J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fragility fractures; Geriatric fractures; Hip fracture; Low energy falls

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; VERY ELDERLY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HIP FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84883851608     PISSN: 18623522     EISSN: 18623514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-013-0150-3     Document Type: Article

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