Survival and functional outcome in patients 90 years of age or older after hip fracture
Author(s) -
Domenico Intiso,
Filomena Di Rienzo,
Giuseppina Grimaldi,
Teresa Lombardi,
Pietro Fiore,
Giuseppe Maruzzi,
Andrea Iarossi,
Maurizio Tolfa,
Luigi Pazienza
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afp126
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , outcome (game theory) , fracture (geology) , gerontology , osteoporosis , mathematics , mathematical economics , geotechnical engineering , engineering
assess and compare other variables that may have influenced the place of death, such as the availability of carers for the study and control populations. For purposes of comparison, those patients cared for in ‘continuing care’ were grouped with those living in nursing and residential accommodation, as control data obtained from the ONS did not distinguish between different types of care facility.
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