Total length of stay, costs and outcomes at final discharge for admitted patients with hip fracture: Linked episode data for Australian veterans and war widows

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1280-1286

  Ireland, A W ^a,b   Kelly, P J ^b  

^a Department of Veterans' Affairs ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Hospital cost; Length of stay; Outcome assessment; Record linkage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERAN; WIDOW;

HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL COST; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECORD LINKAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84890164790     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12071     Document Type: Article

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