The Determinants of Costs and Length of Stay for Hip Fracture Patients.

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>An ageing population at greater risk of proximal femoral fracture places an additional clinical and financial burden on hospital and community medical services. We analyse the variation in i) length of stay (LoS) in hospital and ii) costs across the acute c...

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Main Authors: Adriana Castelli, Silvio Daidone, Rowena Jacobs, Panagiotis Kasteridis, Andrew David Street
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133545