To the editor

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 642-

  Edidin, Avram Allan ^a   Kurtz, Steven M ^b   Ong, Kevin L ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LETTER; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; MALE; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOPLASTY; MALE; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84901844370     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13490     Document Type: Letter

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