Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA
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Multicenter Study
Impact of multidisciplinary hip fracture program on timing of surgery in elderly patients.
The effect of patient characteristics and organizational and system factors on time to surgery were studied using Emilia Romagna Region database and hospital survey. The results showed that the implementation of a Hip Fracture Program significantly increased the probability of early surgery while single intervention had only slight effect ⋯ Several modifiable organizational factors may affect the proportion of patients with hip fracture undergoing early surgery. This study suggests that the development and the implementation of an evidence-based HFP at trust level are a key point of the strategy of quality of care.