Comparing Survival Following Hip Fracture Repair in VHA and Non-VHA Facilities

Introduction: Although postsurgical outcomes are similar between Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and non-VHA hospitals for many procedures, no studies have compared 30-day and 1-year survival following hip fracture repair. Therefore, this study compared survival of veterans aged 65 years and ol...

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Main Authors: Evelyn Hutt MD, Tiffany A. Radcliff PhD, William Henderson PhD, Matthew Maciejewski PhD, Diane Cowper-Ripley PhD, Emily Whitfield PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-03-01
Series:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2151458514561787