Economic viability of geriatric hip fracture centers

Orthopedics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Clement, R Carter ^a   Ahn, Jaimo ^b   Mehta, Samir ^b   Bernstein, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CENTER; HIP FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE CENTER; PROFIT; REIMBURSEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890836198     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20131120-14     Document Type: Article

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