Analysis of Hip Fractures in France During the First COVID-19 Lockdown in Spring 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a number of unprecedented challenges to the health care system in France, where hip fractures in the elderly population are a major public health concern.

Objective

To explore the association of the first nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in France with the absolute number of hip fractures among patients 50 years or older.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used data from the French national hospitals database to identify patients 50 years or older who were hospitalized for hip fracture in France from January to July 2019 and January to July 2020.

Exposures

The first nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in France from March 16 to May 10, 2020.

Main outcomes and measures

The main outcome was the

SUBMITTER: Paccou J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8600388 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature