Mortality in older adults following a fragility fracture: real-world retrospective matched-cohort study in Ontario

Mortality in older adults following a fragility fracture: real-world retrospective matched-cohort study in Ontario

Abstract Background Recent studies are lacking reports on mortality after non-hip fractures in adults aged > 65. Methods This retrospective, matched-cohort study used de-identified health services data from the publicly funded healthcare system in Ontario, Canada, contained in the ICES Data Repos...

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Main Authors: Jacques P. Brown, Jonathan D. Adachi, Emil Schemitsch, Jean-Eric Tarride, Vivien Brown, Alan Bell, Maureen Reiner, Thiago Oliveira, Ponda Motsepe-Ditshego, Natasha Burke, Lubomira Slatkovska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
Fracture
Osteoporosis
Mortality
Real-world
Older adults
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-03960-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-03960-z

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