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The Tyranny of Distance: How Hospital Transfer Affects Time to Surgery for Hip Fracture Patients

Introduction In Western Australia, vast distances between hospitals can limit a patient’s access to timely surgical intervention. The aim was to examine the effect of patient location on outcomes. Methods Hip fracture data from all operative cases at the major Western Australian hospitals between 20...

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Autores principales: Marley, Melanie A, Lambers, Anton, Marley, Ian, Welthy, Lisa, Seymour, Hannah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8964482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371764
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22662