A prospective observational cohort study reports high costs of social care after hip fracture, suggesting its economic impact is significant.
Social care represents a substantial and often under-recognised component of the economic burden following hip fracture. Formal and informal care were major cost drivers after discharge from hospital and may rival or exceed the cost of acute hospital care.
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