title: Innovations to speed treatment may be cost-effective for hip fracture: commentary on an article by Christopher J. Dy, MD, MSPH, et al.: "An economic evaluation of a systems-based strategy to expedite surgical treatment of hip fractures".
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Mininder S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kocher
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000191:economics; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000191:economics* / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D018803:Models, Economic; D019057:Quality-Adjusted Life Years; D040841:Resource Allocation; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013997:Time Factors