CORR Insights®: surgery for hip fracture yields societal benefits that exceed the direct medical costs.

Abstract

This CORR Insights® is a commentary on the article “Surgery for Hip Fracture Yields Societal Benefits That Exceed the Direct Medical Costs ” by Gu and colleagues available at: DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3820-6. The author certifies that he, or any member of his immediate family, has no funding or commercial associations (eg, consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article. All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research ® editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request. The opinions expressed are those of the writers, and do not reflect the opinion or policy of CORR ® or the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®. This CORR Insights® comment refers to the article available at DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3820-6.