title: Outcome parameters in orthogeriatric co‑management - a mini-review.
abstract: Recognizing hip and other fragility fractures as an adverse event of chronic geriatric conditions led to the concept of orthogeriatric co-management (OGC). OGC today represents various forms of structural cooperation between orthopedic trauma surgeons and multiprofessional geriatric teams taking care of frail elderly patients. The models are country specific. Despite several published models there are still no clear recommendations on how this service should be best organized. The 12 outcome parameters published by the Experts' Roundtable in 2013 were recommended to be used for the further assessment of different OCG models. This literature review was prepared accordingly and showed the need for further studies to determine the best OGC model and to define a uniform set of outcome parameters for use in future clinical studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery Facilities, General and Teaching Hospital Celje, Celje, Slovenia. sbcrdi@guest.arnes.si.
authors.forename: Radko
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7530-4605
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Komadina
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Klaus W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Wendt
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Gerold
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Holzer
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Tomaž
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kocjan
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011788:Quality of Life; D015996:Survival Rate; D061665:Time-to-Treatment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Elderly; Hip fracture; Orthogeriatric co-management