Journal article
Loss of health related quality of life following low-trauma fractures in the elderly
Abstract
BackgroundTo estimate the long-term change in health related quality of life (HRQoL) following low-trauma fractures among individuals receiving home care (HC) services or living in long-term care (LTC) facilities using linked healthcare administrative data from Ontario, Canada.MethodsHRQoL was estimated using the Health Utility Index (HUI-2) with the InterRai Minimum Data Set (MDS), a mandatory questionnaire for LTC and HC in the province of …
Authors
Tarride J-E; Burke N; Leslie WD; Morin SN; Adachi JD; Papaioannou A; Bessette L; Brown JP; Pericleous L; Muratov S
Journal
BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 16, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2016
DOI
10.1186/s12877-016-0259-5
ISSN
1471-2318