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Are Teaching Hospitals Safer For Seniors With Hip Fractures

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A new Canadian study evaluating seniors with hip fractures revealed that those seniors who are being treated for that injury in smaller community hospitals rather than large teaching hospitals, are more likely to die. For every 1,000 patients admitted to a hospital with a hip fracture, 43 more died at small hospitals (fewer than 50 beds) and 14 more died at medium-sized hospitals (50 to 199 beds) than at larger teaching hospitals, the study found.

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