TY - JOUR AU - Panula, Jorma AU - Pihlajamäki, Harri AU - Mattila, Ville M. AU - Jaatinen, Pekka AU - Vahlberg, Tero AU - Aarnio, Pertti AU - Kivelä, Sirkka-Liisa PY - 2011 DA - 2011/05/20 TI - Mortality and cause of death in hip fracture patients aged 65 or older - a population-based study JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 105 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - The high mortality of hip fracture patients is well documented, but sex- and cause-specific mortality after hip fracture has not been extensively studied. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate mortality and cause of death in patients after hip fracture surgery and to compare their mortality and cause of death to those in the general population. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-105 DO - 10.1186/1471-2474-12-105 ID - Panula2011 ER -