Mortality, Disability, and Nursing Home Use for Persons with and without Hip Fracture: A Population‐Based Study

L. Leibson, Cynthia; N. A. Tosteson, Anna; E. Gabriel, Sherine; E. Ransom, Jeanine; Joseph Melton, L.

doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50455.x

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Mortality, Disability, and Nursing Home Use for Persons with and without Hip Fracture: A Population‐Based Study

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Authors:

Cynthia L. Leibson

Anna N. A. Tosteson

Sherine E. Gabriel

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare persons with and without hip fracture for subsequent mortality and change in disability and nursing home (NH) use. DESIGN: Population‐based historical cohort study. SETTING: Olmsted County, Minnesota. PARTICIPANTS: All residents who experienced a first hip fracture between Jan...

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