International comparison of spending and utilization at the end of life for hip fracture patients.

Carl Rudolf Blankart Kees van Gool Irene Papanicolas Enrique Bernal-Delgado Nicholas Bowden Francisco Estupiñán-Romero Robin Gauld Hannah E Knight Olukorede Abiona Kristen Riley Andrew J Schoenfeld Kosta Shatrov Walter P Wodchis Jose F Figueroanull null

Published in: Health services research (2021)

Across seven countries, we find important variations in end-of-life care for patients who sustained a hip fracture, with some differences explained by sex and age. Our work sheds important insights that may help ongoing health policy discussions on equity, efficiency, and reimbursement in health care systems.

Keyphrases

hip fracture
healthcare
public health

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed

chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes

risk assessment
patient reported