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INTRODUCTION: Osteoporotic hip fractures present a significant global challenge to patients, clinicians and healthcare systems. It is estimated that hip fracture accounts for 1.4% of total social and healthcare costs in the established market economies. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The World Hip Trauma Evaluation (WHiTE) was set up to measure outcome in a comprehensive cohort of UK patients with hip fracture. All patients in the cohort are treated under a single comprehensive treatment pathway. A core outcome set, including health-related quality of life, is collected on all the patients. This protocol describes the current multicentre project that will be used as a vehicle to deliver a series of embedded observational studies. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Research Ethics Committee approval was granted (Rec reference 11/LO/0927, approved 18/8/2011) and each hospital trust provided National Health Service (NHS) approvals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: The study is registered with National Institute of Health Research Portfolio (UKCRN ID 12351) and the ISRCTN registry (ISRCTN63982700).

Original publication

DOI

10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011679

Type

Journal article

Journal

Bmj open

Publication Date

21/10/2016

Volume

6

Keywords

ORTHOPAEDIC & TRAUMA SURGERY, TRAUMA MANAGEMENT, Cohort Studies, Delivery of Health Care, Female, Hip, Hip Fractures, Hip Joint, Humans, Male, Osteoporosis, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Quality of Life, Research Design, United Kingdom