One-Year Postfracture Mortality Rate in Older Adults With Hip Fractures Relative to Other Lower Extremity Fractures: Retrospective Cohort Study

One-Year Postfracture Mortality Rate in Older Adults With Hip Fractures Relative to Other Lower Extremity Fractures: Retrospective Cohort Study

BackgroundHip fracture in older adults is tied to increased mortality risk. Deconvolution of the mortality risk specific to hip fracture from that of various other fracture types has not been performed in recent hip fracture studies but is critical to determining current unme...

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Main Authors: Andrea Dimet-Wiley, George Golovko, Stanley J Watowich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2022-03-01
Series:JMIR Aging
Online Access:https://aging.jmir.org/2022/1/e32683

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