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Secular reduction of excess mortality in hip fracture patients >85 years

BACKGROUND: More than 20% of the hip fracture patients die within the first year after the incident. Few data are available on the trends in mortality following a hip fracture. The present aim was to study changes in excess mortality after hip fracture from 1978/79 up to 1996/97. METHODS: Data on 51...

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Autores principales: Finnes, Trine E, Meyer, Haakon E, Falch, Jan A, Medhus, Asle W, Wentzel-Larsen, Tore, Lofthus, Cathrine M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23496953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-25