Variation in surgical demand and time to hip fracture repair: a Canadian database study

Variation in surgical demand and time to hip fracture repair: a Canadian database study

Abstract Background Competing demands for operative resources may affect time to hip fracture surgery. We sought to determine the time to hip fracture surgery by variation in demand in Canadian hospitals. Methods We obtained discharge abstracts of 151,952 patients aged 65 years or older who underwen...

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Main Authors: Katie J. Sheehan, Boris Sobolev, Pierre Guy, Jason D. Kim, Lisa Kuramoto, Lauren Beaupre, Adrian R. Levy, Suzanne N. Morin, Jason M. Sutherland, Edward J. Harvey, for the Canadian Collaborative Study on Hip Fractures
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Hip fracture
Time to surgery
Surgical delay
Demand
Variation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05791-5

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