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The Relationship Between Short-Term Mortality and Quality of Care for Hip Fracture: A Meta-Analysis of Clinical Pathways for Hip Fracture
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 10/05/09

Neuman MD et al. – An association was observed between clinical pathway use and lower odds of four common complications of hospitalization after hip fracture; only a small, statistically insignificant association was observed between pathway use and changes in short–term mortality, suggesting that assessments of hospital quality based on short–term mortality may not reflect important improvements in patient outcomes that hospitals may achieve using clinical pathways.