Background With an increasing ageing population, hip fractures have become a major
public health issue in the elderly. It is important to examine the health status (HS) and health …

Abstract Background The EQ-5D is one of the most frequently used, generic, preference-
based instruments for measuring the health utilities of patients in economic evaluations. It is …

Background Controversy exists over the use of bone cement in hip fractures treated with
hemiarthroplasty. Only limited data on quality of life after cemented as compared with …

Hip fracture is a leading cause of profound morbidity in individuals aged 65 years and older,
ranking in the top 10 causes of loss of disability-adjusted life-years for older adults …

Hip fracture is a global public health problem. The National Hip Fracture Database provides
a framework for service evaluation in this group of patients in the United Kingdom, but does …

Measuring the outcome of an intervention is central to the practice of evidence based
medicine, and most research papers evaluating patient outcomes now incorporate some …

Hip fracture is the commonest reason for older people to need emergency anaesthesia and
surgery, and leads to prolonged dependence for many of those who survive. People with …

Background We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of contemporary RCTs to
determine the clinical effectiveness of spinal vs general anaesthesia (SA vs GA) in patients …

The lack of a consensus for core health outcomes that should be reported in clinical
research has hampered study design and evidence synthesis. We report a United Kingdom …

Purpose Given increasing interest in using the capability approach for health economic
evaluations and a growing literature, this paper aims to synthesise current information about …