Early and late mortality in elderly patients after hip fracture: a cohort study using administrative health databases in the Lazio region, Italy
Open Access
- 5 August 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Geriatrics
- Vol. 11 (1), 37
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-11-37
Abstract
Hip fractures represent one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in elderly people. We evaluated the risk and the potential determinants of early, mid and long term mortality, in a population-based cohort of subjects aged ≥ 65 years old.Keywords
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