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[The acute orthogeriatric unit. Assessment of its effect on the clinical course of patients with hip fractures and an estimate of its financial impact].

J. G. González Montalvo, Pilar Gotor Pérez, A. Martín Vega, T. Alarcón Alarcón, José Luis Mauleón Álvarez de Linera, E. Gil Garay, Eduardo García Cimbrelo, Julián Alonso Biarge

2011.7.1Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2011.02.004

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The findings show the OGU as an advisable setting for the acute care of hip fracture patients that provides an improvement in the patients functional outcome and a reduction in the hospital length of stay and saves health care resources.

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MONTALVO, J. G. González, et al. [The acute orthogeriatric unit. assessment of its effect on the clinical course of patients with hip fractures and an estimate of its financial impact]. Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia, 2011, 46 4: 193–9.