Cost Determinants of Continuum-Care Episodes for Hip Fracture

• Main Authors: Davide Golinelli (Author), Erik Boetto (Author), Antonio Mazzotti (Author), Simona Rosa (Author), Paola Rucci (Author), Elena Berti (Author), Cristina Ugolini (Author), Maria Pia Fantini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Many factors affect the healthcare costs and outcomes in patients with hip fracture (HF). Through the construction of a Continuum-Care Episode (CCE), we investigated the costs of CCEs for HF and their determinants. We used data extracted from administrative databases of 5094 consecutive elderly pati...