Health-economic evaluation of orthogeriatric co-management for patients with pelvic or vertebral fragility fractures
Espen Henken,
Hans-Helmut König,
Clemens Becker
et al.
Abstract:Background
Orthogeriatric co-management (OGCM) addresses the special needs of geriatric fracture patients. Most of the research on OGCM focused on hip fractures while results concerning other severe fractures are rare. We conducted a health-economic evaluation of OGCM for pelvic and vertebral fractures.
Methods
In this retrospective cohort study, we used German health and long-term care insurance claims data and included cases of geriatric patients… Show more
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