Mortality Rates are Similar after Hip Fractures for Rural and Urban Patients

BACKGROUND: Proximal femoral fractures are common in the elderly. The best care depends on expeditious presentation, medical stabilization, and treatment of the condition. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We investigated the risk of increased mortality in residents of rural communities secondary to inaccessible...

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Main Authors: Miller, Benjamin J., Cai, Xueya, Cram, Peter
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Clinical Research
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3348311/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22016000
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-2140-3
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