Hip fracture care and national systems: Australia and Asia

• Main Authors: Seth M. Tarrrant, B Biomed Sc (Hons), MBBS, FRACS, Amit Ajgaonkar, MS (Ortho), D Ortho, FCPS, Sushrut Babhulkar, MS (Ortho), MCh Orth (UK), Zhiyong Cui, MD, Ian A. Harris, MBBS, FRACS (Orth), MM (Clin Epid), PhD, Sunil Kulkarni, MS (Ortho), Hiroaki Minehara, MD, PhD, Takashi Miyamoto, MD, Andrew Oppy, FRACS, Kenji Shigemoto, MD, Yun Tian, MD, Zsolt J. Balogh, MD, PhD, FRACS, FACS
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-03-01
• Series: OTA International
• Online Access: http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/OI9.0000000000000058

Abstract. The Asia-Pacific region includes countries with diverse cultural, demographic, and socio-political backgrounds. Countries such as Japan have very high life expectancy and an aged population. China and India, with a combined population over 2.7 billion, will experience a huge wave of ageing population with subsequent osteoporotic injuries. Australia will experience a similar increase in the osteoporotic fracture burden, and is leading the region by establishing a national hip fracture registry with governmental guidelines and outcome monitoring. While it is impossible to compare fragility hip fracture care in every Asia-Pacific country, this review of 4 major nations gives insight into the challenges facing diverse systems. They are united by the pursuit of internationally accepted standards of timely surgery, combined orthogeriatric care, and secondary fracture prevention strategies.