Evidence-based guidelines for fixing broken hips

• 1 Concord Hospital [corresponding author], 50 Mi Mi Street, Oatley, NSW 2223
• 2 Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Sydney; and Director, Aged Care and Rehabilitation Services, Northern Sydney Area Health Services, Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Ryde, NSW
• 3 Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW.

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