Revisión sistemática del impacto en el ámbito de la salud de la fractura de cadera en adultos mayores.

Abstract

Introduction: The hip fracture on elderly adults is becoming everyday a more relevant health problem currently and, in the future, due to its hospital pricing, the increasing population at risk and the aging population, which are generating a higher impact on the negative side of the global field of health. Objective: To analyze the given evidence on senior adults’ hip fractures within health’s point of view to check its impact on the health area through the following variables: incidence, cost, projection. Sources or methods: Systematic revisions have been made, following the PRISMA guidelines from studies found on PubMed and Scopus, including a total of 9 verified studies. Results and conclusions: Although it is not clear enough, due to the lack of updates on the collected data on the topic, there is a projection of future in collected studies, which show a considerable growth in the total number of hip fractures, as in the aging population and the exponentially increasing costs, being this an important problem regarding the health field.