Jane Barrett

TL;DR: Variation in the treatment of hip fracture was modest, the increased delayed mortality after hip fracture among Blacks requires further study.

TL;DR: Hospital volume and surgeon volume have little effect on 3-year functional outcome following THR, after adjusting for patient sociodemographic and select clinical characteristics; however, satisfaction with primary THR is greater among patients who underwent surgery in high-volume centers, and satisfaction with revisions is greateramong patients whose operations were performed by higher-volume surgeons.

TL;DR: Using data from the 5% U.S. Medicare sample, the actuarial risk that a person aged 65 will fracture the upper or lower limbs or the pelvis, by age 75, 80, 85, and 90 is estimated, taking into account the chance of dying in the interval.

TL;DR: Hip fracture incidence among New England residents was higher among males, older patients, and those who had documented comorbidity or who were residents of nursing homes, and the female/male relative risk was greater among whites than among blacks.

TL;DR: Each of these fractures occurred more frequently in women than in men and (except for ankle fracture) displayed an increase in risk with age, and the most likely explanation for this is a constitutional or metabolic factor prevalent in blacks that particularly influences the risk of osteoporotic fractures in women.