Rehabilitation for the elderly with hip fracture. From onset to terminal stage.
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Factors predicting rehabilitation outcomes of elderly patients with hip fracture.
OBJECTIVE To identify predictors of rehabilitation outcomes for the development of a case-mix system to rehabilitate patients suffering from hip fractures. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Two hospitals in Hong Kong. PATIENTS A cohort of hip fracture patients in 2005 (n=303) with a mean age of 82 years was studied. Rehabilitation outcomes were defined as: mortality, length of stay...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0300-9173
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.30.513