Implementation of a co-managed Geriatric Fracture Center reduces hospital stay and time-to-operation in elderly femoral neck fracture patients

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1527-1531

  Biber, Roland ^a,b   Singler, Katrin ^b   Curschmann Horter, Marco ^a   Wicklein, Susanne ^b   Sieber, Cornel ^b   Bail, Hermann Josef ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co managed care; Fragility fracture; Hemiarthroplasty; Hip fracture; Orthogeriatrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CO MANAGED CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84886386078     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-013-1845-z     Document Type: Article

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