title: [Collaboration between geriatricians and orthopaedic surgeons on elderly patients].
abstract: Close collaboration between geriatricians and orthopaedic surgeons on elderly patients with hip fractures reduces mortality, the number of complications, and the length of hospital stay and increases the functional abilities of the patients. In some Danish hospitals the two groups of doctors work closely together, in others there are few or no geriatricians.
authors.affiliation: Geriatrisk Afdeling G, Aarhus Universitetshospital, P.P. Ørumsgade 11, 8000 Aarhus C. elsdam@rm.dk
authors.forename: Else Marie
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Damsgaard
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borris
authors.forename: Benn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duus
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van der Mark
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005853:Geriatrics; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D010348:Patient Care Team; D000078329:Workforce