Economic Aspects Associated With the Implementation of an Orthogeriatric Setting in a General Hospital

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00860132

Enrollment

2000

Registered

2009-03-11

Start date

2009-05-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2009-03-11

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Conditions

Hip Fracture

Keywords

hip fracture elderly orthogeriatric, cost effectiveness of hip fracture patients

Brief summary

The economic and social burden of hip fractures is expected to increase dramatically, but financial resources remain limited. This calls for the investigation of innovative new forms of organization and integration of medical, surgical and rehabilitation services for these patients. The study will investigate economical aspects associated with implementation of a comprehensive orthogeriatric ward for elderly hip fracture patients in a general hospital, compared with the classic model of orthopedic treatment followed by rehabilitation period.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* hip fracture

Exclusion criteria

* Patients admitted for elective hip surgery * Patients with multi-trauma injuries

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
cost-effectiveness	1999-2007

Outcome results