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Effect of Weekend Admission on Hip Fracture Mortality

Nicholas L. Newcomb, Marlena Urvater, Ian E. Doig, Michael Mullen and Cameron M. Cooke
Ochsner Journal March 2025, 25 (1) 2-10; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.24.0017
Nicholas L. Newcomb
1Department of Orthopaedics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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Marlena Urvater
2The University of Queensland Medical School, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Ian E. Doig
3Department of Emergency Medicine, Cape Fear Valley Health, Fayetteville, NC
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Michael Mullen
2The University of Queensland Medical School, Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, LA
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Cameron M. Cooke
4Department of Orthopaedics, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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