Hip Fracture and Increased Short-term but Not Long-term Mortality in Healthy Older Women
- 14 November 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Internal Medicine
- Vol. 171 (20), 1831-1837
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.447
Abstract
Hip fractures are a major public health problem, with nearly 300 000 occurring annually in the United States.1 Hip fractures cause substantial short- and long-term disability1 as well as increased mortality.2-19Keywords
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