Hip Fracture Mortality Decreases with High Quality Clinical Care

Dr Lara Harvey, a senior research fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia and our ANZHFR co-chair Prof Jacqueline Close, a geriatrician based at Prince of Wales Sydney discuss their newly published research titled “Adherence to clinical care standards and mortality after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2015–2018: a retrospective population-based study”.The ACSQHC hip fracture care clinical care standard comprises seven quality statements supported by 16 quality indicators. This study looked at the impact of adherence to these standards on mortality for patients with hip fracture. You can find the full study here in the Medical Journal of Australia.