Inequalities in hip fracture incidence are greatest in the North of England: regional analysis of the effects of social deprivation on hip fracture incidence across England

We examined the effect of local area-level deprivation on hip fracture incidence across nine regions in England, using 14 years of hospital data, to determine whether inequalities in hip fracture incidence rates vary across geographic regions in England.

Source: Public Health - June 23, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: A. Bhimjiyani, J. Neuburger, T. Jones, Y. Ben-Shlomo, C.L. Gregson Tags: Original Research Source Type: research