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Disparities in length of stay for hip fracture treatment between patients treated in safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals

BACKGROUND: Length of hospital stay (LOS) for hip fracture treatments is associated with mortality. In addition to patient demographic and clinical factors, hospital and payer type may also influence LOS, and thus mortality, among hip fracture patients; accordingly, outcome disparities between group...

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Autores principales: Coffield, Edward, Thirunavukkarasu, Saeyoan, Ho, Emily, Munnangi, Swapna, Angus, L.D. George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7011469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32041586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4896-1