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Life expectancy of older people living in aged care facilities after a hip fracture

To the authors’ knowledge, no study has been conducted on life expectancy for aged care facility residents with hip fracture. We assessed life expectancy of 240 residents of aged care facilities in Australia who experienced recent hip fracture treated with surgery. 149 deaths occurred over a mean fo...

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Autores principales: Liu, Enwu, Killington, Maggie, Cameron, Ian D., Li, Raymond, Kurrle, Susan, Crotty, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8511118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34642410
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99685-z