The association between the day of the week of milestones in the care pathway of patients with hip fracture and 30-day mortality: findings from a prospective national registry – The National Hip Fracture Database of England and Wales

BACKGROUND: Recent publications indicate increased mortality in patients admitted to hospital at the weekend, but these findings may be subject to inadequate adjustment for case-mix and the complexities of resource provision. Hip fractures generally occur in a frail comorbid population with a consis...

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Autores principales: Sayers, Adrian, Whitehouse, Michael R., Berstock, James R., Harding, Karen A., Kelly, Michael B., Chesser, Timothy J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28343451
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0825-5

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