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Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 100-105 , February 2010

Hip Fractures Among Elderly Women: Longitudinal Comparison of Physiological Function Changes and Health Care Utilization

  • Yuchi Young, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, School of Public Health, Rensselaer, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Yuchi Young, DrPH, Department of Health Policy, Management & Behavior, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, 1 University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144.
    • ,
  • Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Yen-Hong Kuo, ScM, MS

      Affiliations

    • Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Meridian Health Neptune, NJ

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 This study was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (supported by NIA grant 1 R03 AG 17821 and National Institute on Aging (NIA) contract NO-1-AG-2112).

PII: S1525-8610(09)00304-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.09.005

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Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 100-105 , February 2010

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