Geriatric Rehabilitation and Discharge Location After Hip Fracture in Relation to the Risks of Death and Readmission.

Summary, in English

To investigate the effects of geriatric rehabilitation on short-term risk of death and readmission after a hip fracture were investigated in a nationwide cohort. In addition, the association of discharge location (nursing home or patient's home) with the short-term risk of death was assessed.

• Author: Peter Nordström; Karl Michaëlsson; Ami Hommel; Per Ola Norrman; Karl-Göran Thorngren; Anna Nordström
• Department/s: Care in high technological environments; Orthopaedics (Lund)
• Publishing year: 2016
• Language: English
• Pages: 1-91
• Publication/Series: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26297621?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2015.07.004
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Orthopedics
• Status: Published
• Research group: Care in high technological environments
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1525-8610