“…compared the outcomes of 1110 patients in a single hospital which employed Orthogeriatric co-management for hip fracture patients, to 961 patients across five other hospitals who received the usual standard of care with internal physician or geriatric consultation on a non-scheduled, as-required, basis. 8 The authors found that an orthogeriatric model significantly increased the proportion of patients receiving operation within 48 hours from ED arrival (42·9% vs 23·3%, RR = 2·0) and decreased one-year mortality rates (7·3% vs 12·3%, HR = 0·59). In addition, the orthogeriatric model also improved access to osteoporosis treatment (99·9% vs 60·6%) and rehabilitation (99·1% vs 3·9%).…”