Intensive rehabilitation in selected hip fracture patients may optimize care efficiency: A retrospective comparison study

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 278-281

  Ponten, Joep B ^a   Krug, Egbert ^a   Van Baardewijk, Laurens J ^a   Van Der Linden, Enrike M J ^a   Haas, Reneé ^b   Krijnen, Pieta ^a   Schipper, Inger B ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Departments of Topaz Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Length of stay; Patient selection; Rehabilitation; Survival

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84935419810     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: 16512081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1917     Document Type: Article

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