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Despite changes in surgical techniques over the past decades, the prognosis and mortality for older adults with hip fracture in the United States and Canada have not improved significantly.
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Highlights the lack of improvement in hip fracture outcomes over recent decades and advocates for better care coordination and outcome tracking.
Ouellet et al. (2016) conducted an editorial in Hip fracture. Despite changes in surgical techniques over the past decades, the prognosis and mortality for older adults with hip fracture in the United States and Canada have not improved significantly.
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