Senile osteoporosis and femoral neck fractures in long-stay institutions.
The incidence rates of femoral neck fractures, one of the most serious complications of senile osteoporosis, were 8.7-9.4 times greater in old people in long-stay institutions than among old people living at home. The relative proportion of fracture patients admitted from long-stay institutions was four times greater than expected. Operative intervention of femoral neck fracture patients seemed to be successful: 85.4%-88.5% of patients were discharged to the environments from which they had been admitted.
Finnish National Board of Health, Helsinki.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012494:Sampling Studies