Journal article
Mortality in older adults following a fragility fracture: real-world retrospective matched-cohort study in Ontario
Abstract
BackgroundRecent studies are lacking reports on mortality after non-hip fractures in adults aged > 65.MethodsThis retrospective, matched-cohort study used de-identified health services data from the publicly funded healthcare system in Ontario, Canada, contained in the ICES Data Repository. Patients aged 66 years and older with an index fragility fracture occurring at any osteoporotic site between 2011 and 2015 were identified from acute …
Authors
Brown JP; Adachi JD; Schemitsch E; Tarride J-E; Brown V; Bell A; Reiner M; Oliveira T; Motsepe-Ditshego P; Burke N
Journal
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Vol. 22, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2021
DOI
10.1186/s12891-021-03960-z
ISSN
1471-2474