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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Hip Fracture Care Standard

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care in collaboration with the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand has released the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care StandardIn Australia, an estimated 19,000 people over the age of 50 are hospitalised with a hip fracture each year, often after falls.
  

The Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard aims to ensure that a patient with a hip fracture receives optimal treatment from presentation to hospital through to the completion of treatment in hospital.    

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