The Effectiveness of a Geriatric Hip Fracture Clinical Pathway in Reducing Hospital and Rehabilitation Length of Stay and Improving Short-Term Mortality Rates

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-9

  Lau, Tak Wing ^a   Fang, Christian ^a   Leung, Frankie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

clinical pathway; geriatric hip fractures; length of hospital stay; mortality rate; multidisciplinary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993660238     PISSN: 21514585     EISSN: 21514593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2151458513484759     Document Type: Article

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