Economic and social impact of upper extremity fragility fractures in elderly patients

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 539-546

  Sabesan, Vani J ^a,c   Valikodath, Tom ^b   Childs, Abby ^a   Sharma, Vinay K ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fragility fracture; Osteoporosis; Proximal humerus; Treatment costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIUS FRACTURES; REHABILITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RADIUS FRACTURES; REHABILITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937849662     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-014-0295-y     Document Type: Article

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