What are the direct health-care costs, entry into long-term care, and mortality attributed to hip fractures among seniors?
Seniors with hip fractures
Hip fracture (exposure)
Matched cohort without hip fractures
Health-care costs, entry into long-term care, and mortality
Hip fractures in seniors are associated with significant health-care costs, long-term care entry, and mortality in Canada.
We identified significant health-care costs, entry into long-term care, and mortality attributed to hip fractures. Results may inform health economic analyses and policy decision-making in Canada.
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Milica Nikitovic
Walter P. Wodchis
Murray Krahn
Osteoporosis International
University of Toronto
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
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Nikitovic et al. (Wed,) studied this question.
www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd4c757808b00a4799c646 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-012-2034-6