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01-02-2017 | Editorial

Predicting Outcomes After Hip Fracture

Author: Arthur D. Hayward, MD, MBA

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 2/2017

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What if the post-op course we clinicians anticipate and describe for typical patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture is too optimistic? The article by Tang et al. in this issue of JGIM raises this question.1 The findings may not alter patients’ decisions to undergo surgical repair, but they may change how clinicians envision and describe the course of rehabilitation. …

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Title: Predicting Outcomes After Hip Fracture
Author: Arthur D. Hayward, MD, MBA
Publication date: 01-02-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-016-3877-x

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