Why the study?
Hip fractures represent clinical decision-making dilemmas and increasingly common injuries that present economic burdens to local and national systems.
This supplement article reviews current clinical trends and systems-based issues regarding hip fracture care in the United States and Canada.
Hip fracture trends and systems issues in North America warrant review; leaves open optimal evidence-based strategies for clinicians and researchers.
While it is widely understood that management of hip fractures not only represents clinical decision making dilemmas for the individual orthopaedist, these increasingly common injuries present economic burdens to local and national systems as well. This supplement article looks at current clinical trends, as well as systems-based issues in the United States and Canada.
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