Effect of Fracture on the Health Care Use of Nursing Home Residents | Zendy

Sheryl Zimmerman | Zendy; Julie Chandler | Zendy; William Hawkes | Zendy; Philip D. Sloane | Zendy; J. Richard Hebel | Zendy; Jay Magaziner | Zendy; Allison Martin | Zendy; Cynthia J. Girman | Zendy

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Effect of Fracture on the Health Care Use of Nursing Home Residents

Author(s) -

Sheryl Zimmerman,

Julie Chandler,

William Hawkes,

Philip D. Sloane,

J. Richard Hebel,

Jay Magaziner,

Allison Martin,

Cynthia J. Girman

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.162.13.1502

Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , emergency department , confidence interval , physical therapy , emergency medicine , nursing homes , prospective cohort study , population , osteoporosis , nursing , surgery , environmental health

Osteoporotic fractures result in increased health care use. Care following fracture has been characterized for community dwellers but not for nursing home residents, whose fracture rates are as much as 11 times higher than those of age-matched community dwellers. Knowing the amount of care following fracture may help determine the effects of fracture prevention on use and costs in this population.

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