Open AccessRisk Factors for Hip Fracture in Older Home Care Clients
Author(s) -
Paul Stolee,
Jeffrey W. Poss,
Richard J. Cook,
Kerry Byrne,
John P. Hirdes
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/gln035
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , osteoporosis , minimum data set , physical therapy , risk factor , confidence interval , risk assessment , relative risk , cohort , gerontology , emergency medicine , nursing homes , nursing , computer security , computer science
Little information is available on hip fracture risks among community-dwelling persons receiving home care. Our aim was to identify risk factors for hip fracture from health information routinely collected for older home care clients.
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