Association Between Wait Time and 30-Day Mortality in Adults Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery
Author(s) -
Daniel Pincus,
Bheeshma Ravi,
David Wasserstein,
Anjie Huang,
Michael J. Paterson,
Avery B. Nathens,
Hans J. Kreder,
Richard Jenkinson,
Walter P. Wodchis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2017.17606
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , pulmonary embolism , deep vein , propensity score matching , hip fracture , retrospective cohort study , complication , population , myocardial infarction , thrombosis , osteoporosis , environmental health
Although wait times for hip fracture surgery have been linked to mortality and are being used as quality-of-care indicators worldwide, controversy exists about the duration of the wait that leads to complications.
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