Excess Mortality or Institutionalization After Hip Fracture: Men Are at Greater Risk Than Women

OBJECTIVES: To assess 2‐year excess mortality or institutionalization risk associated with hip fracture in community‐dwelling people aged 60 and over. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Auckland, New Zealand, from July 1991 to February 1996. PARTICIPANTS: Five hundred sixty‐five community‐dwelling older...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2002-04, Vol.50 (4), p.685-690
Hauptverfasser:	Fransen, Marlene, Woodward, Mark, Norton, Robyn, Robinson, Elizabeth, Butler, Meg, Campbell, A. John
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activities of Daily Living Age Distribution Aged Aging Biological and medical sciences Case-Control Studies Community living Elderly people Female Fractured hips Fractures Gender Gender differences Geriatrics Health Status hip fracture Hip Fractures Hip joint Humans Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine Institutionalization Male Medical sciences Mortality New Zealand Sex Distribution Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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