Economic burden and the effects of early versus delayed hospitalization on the treatment cost of patients with acute fragility hip fractures under the UPM-PGH Orthogeriatric Multidisciplinary Fracture Management Model and Fracture Liaison Service
Objectives: Fragility hip fractures present not only as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality to the elderly population but also as an important source of financial burden due to staggering costs for treatment. This study is designed to determine the effects of timing of hospitalization to...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-06-01
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Series: | Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405525521000418 |