Mortality after osteoporotic hip fracture: incidence, trends, and associated factors.
Olalla Guzon-IllescasElia Perez FernandezNatalia Crespí VillariasFrancisco Javier Quirós DonateMarina PeñaCarlos Alonso-BlasAlberto García-VadilloRamon MazzucchelliPublished in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research (2019)
For the last 17 years, an increase of mortality for patients with hip fracture and a higher mortality rate in men than in women were observed. Institutionalization combined with comorbidities is associated with a higher mortality.