Dementia and patient outcomes after hip surgery in older patients: A retrospective observational study using nationwide administrative data in Japan.
Noriko MoriokaMutsuko MoriwakiJun TomioKiyohide FushimiYasuko OgataPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Although adverse events are more likely to occur in older adults with dementia than in those without dementia after hip surgery, we found no evidence of an association between dementia and adverse events or the length of hospital stay after adjusting for individual social and nursing care environment.