Aims The aim of this study was to explore current use of the Global Fragility Fracture
Network (FFN) Minimum Common Dataset (MCD) within established national hip fracture …

Unnecessary care, where the potential for harm exceeds the potential for benefit, is
widespread in medical care. Orthopaedic surgery is no exception. This has significant …

Background Hip fractures are costly and common in older adults, but there is limited
understanding of how treatment patterns and outcomes might differ between countries …

Objective To establish a methodological approach to compare two high‐need, high‐cost
(HNHC) patient personas internationally. Data sources Linked individual‐level …

Purpose Sarcopenia is diagnosed on the basis of low muscle strength, with low muscle
mass used to confirm diagnosis. The added value of measuring muscle mass is unclear. We …

It is important to understand and seek to reduce unwarranted variations in health treatments
in order to improve health outcomes, inequalities in access and health system efficiency …

Objective Hip fracture and falls are significant health concerns. Handgrip strength (HGS) is
closely associated with overall muscle strength and physical health. However, the …

Objective The objectives of this study are to compare the relative use of different postacute
care settings in different countries and to compare three important outcomes as follows: total …

Objectives: ICD-10-based approaches often provide the basis for retrospective estimation of
potential palliative care need. Applying the ICD-10-based Murtagh et al. classification from …

Background There are many studies of medical costs in late life in general, but nursing
home residents' needs and the costs of external medical services and interventions outside …