Alm, Carl Erik http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1046-4904
Frihagen, Frede
Dybvik, Eva
Matre, Kjell
Madsen, Jan Erik
Gjertsen, Jan-Erik
Article History
Received: 19 October 2020
Accepted: 15 December 2020
First Online: 7 January 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The NHFR has permission from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority to collect and store data on patients with hip fractures (permission issued on January 3, 2005; reference number 2004/1658-2 SVE/-). The patients signed an informed consent, and in case they were not able to understand or sign, their next of kin could sign the consent form on their behalf. The Norwegian Hip Fracture Register is financed by the Western Norway Regional Health Authority.
: Not applicable
: None declared.