The 2004 Marshall Urist Award: Delays until surgery after hip fracture increases mortality

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 428, Issue , 2004, Pages 294-301

  McGuire, Kevin J ^a   Bernstein, Joseph ^b   Polsky, Daniel ^b   Silber, Jeffrey H ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Center for Outcomes Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8644265123     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000146743.28925.1c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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