%0 Journal Article
%T Regional consolidation of orthopedic surgery: impacts on hip fracture surgery access and outcomes
%A Colleen J. Metge
%A Eric Bohm
%A Lanette Siragusa
%A Sara A. Kreindler
%A Wendy Rudnick
%J Archive of "Canadian Journal of Surgery".
%D 2017
%R 10.1503/cjs.000517
%X Timely access to orthopedic trauma surgery is essential for optimal outcomes. Regionalization of some types of surgery has shown positive effects on access, timeliness and outcomes. We investigated how the consolidation of orthopedic surgery in 1 Canadian health region affected patients requiring hip fracture surgery
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5608585/