Open AccessTreatment and survival among elderly Americans with hip fractures: a population-based study.
Author(s) -
Grace L. LuYao,
John A. Baron,
Jane Barrett,
Elliott S. Fisher
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.8.1287
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , internal fixation , femoral neck , logistic regression , comorbidity , proportional hazards model , arthroplasty , population , epidemiology , demography , surgery , osteoporosis , environmental health , sociology
This study was undertaken to examine the patterns of treatment and survival among elderly Americans with hip fracture.