European regional differences in all-cause mortality and length of stay for patients with hip fracture

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-64

  Medin, Emma ^a   Goude, Fanny ^a   Melberg, Hans Olav ^b   Tediosi, Fabrizio ^c   Belicza, Eva ^d   Peltola, Mikko ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Europe; hip fracture; length of stay; mortality; regional differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84949499237     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3278     Document Type: Article

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