High risk of adverse events in hospitalised hip fracture patients of 65 years and older: Results of a retrospective record review study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Merten, Hanneke ^a,b   Johannesma, Paul C ^b   Lubberding, Sanne ^a   Zegers, Marieke ^a   Langelaan, Maaike ^a   Jukema, Gerrolt N ^c   Heetveld, Martin J ^d   Wagner, Cordula ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Kennemer Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTION STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TRAINING; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84948155937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006663     Document Type: Review

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