Benchmarking institutional geriatric hip fracture management: a prelude to a care quality improvement initiative.
Anson Albert MacwanAditya Prasad PandaSuhas SondurSantosh RathPublished in: European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie (2024)
This study emphasizes the importance of early admission and fast provision of surgical fixation to reduce mortality and morbidity. Benchmarking institutional practices allows for defining the evidence-practice gaps and barriers to best practice implementation. This is an essential step to begin care quality improvement for geriatric patients with proximal femur fragility fractures.