Contribution of an extensive medication-based comorbidity index (Rx-Risk) in explaining the excess mortality after hip fracture in older Norwegians: a NOREPOS cohort study

• Øystein Karlstad,
• Mari Hoff,
• Grethe S Tell,
• Haakon E Meyer,
• Kristin Holvik,
• Vidar Hjellvik,
• Nina Gunnes

Affiliations

Øystein Karlstad

senior researcher

Mari Hoff

Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Grethe S Tell

Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Haakon E Meyer

1 Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Kristin Holvik

1Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Vidar Hjellvik

3 Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Nina Gunnes

research fellow