The impact of race/ethnicity on post acute services

Each year, more than 300,000 people fracture their hip. The number of hip fractures in the US is expected to increase with the aging of the population in the coming years; by 2040, 500,000 patients annually will sustain a hip fracture. Better understanding of factors impacting outcomes after hip fractures can inform the health care work force, facilitate future interventions to improve outcomes for patients with hip fractures and inform future health policy. This dissertation reviewed the impact of race/ethnicity and comorbidity on perioperative and subacute hip fracture management and discussed the implications for future medical management and health policy.

Name thesis:degree_name

PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Grantor

The University of Texas Medical Branch

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Tracy U Nguyen-Oghalai

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Jean Freeman

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Terry A McNearney
• Kenneth J Ottenbacher
• James S Goodwin
• Huifang Lu

• rehabilitation
• race
• outcomes
• ethnicity
• aging

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the TDL web site by The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Dc Identifier Other

etd-04082009-134559

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:utmb-ir.tdl.org:2152.3/93