Readmission of older patients after hospital discharge for hip fracture: a multilevel approach

• Main Authors: Fátima de Lima Paula (Author), Geraldo Marcelo da Cunha (Author), Iúri da Costa Leite (Author), Rejane Sobrino Pinheiro (Author), Joaquim Gonçalves Valente (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify individual and hospital characteristics associated with the risk of readmission in older inpatients for proximal femoral fracture in the period of 90 days after discharge. METHODS Deaths and readmissions were obtained by a linkage of databases of the Hospital Informati...