Shorter length of hospital stay for hip fracture in those with dementia and without a known diagnosis of osteoporosis in the USA

BACKGROUND: About 50% of all hospitalized fragility fracture cases in older Americans are hip fractures. Approximately 3/4 of fracture-related costs in the USA are attributable to hip fractures, and these are mostly covered by Medicare. Hip fracture patients with dementia, including Alzheimer’s dise...

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Autores principales: Rasu, Rafia S., Zalmai, Rana, Karpes Matusevich, Aliza R., Hunt, Suzanne L., Phadnis, Milind A., Rianon, Nahid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7713172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33272213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01924-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7713172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33272213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01924-x

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