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What does a GP really want in a transfer of care document for hip fracture patients?

Orthogeriatrics was created to improve the poor outcomes of patients over 60 years suffering a hip fracture. As many orthogeriatric patients suffer with coexisting medical and social problems, good handover to primary care physicians facilitates good community care. This is part one of a two-part article.

Introduction Method Results Conclusion References         Introduction For older people, hip fracture is the commonest serious injury; the commonest reason for them to need emergency anaesthesia and surgery; and the commonest cause of accidental death. As a result, hip fracture is associated with a total cost to health and social services of over £1 billion per year. This one injury carries a total cost equivalent to about 1% of the whole NHS budget.1 These statistics highlight the personal and national impact of sustaining a hip fracture. This is potentiated in the elderly population with pre-existing comorbidities that

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