Serious falls in hospitalized patients: Correlates and resource utilization

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 137-143

  Bates, David W ^a,b   Pruess, Kim ^a,b   Souney, Paul ^a,b   Platt, Richard ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; HOSPITALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029153512     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)80133-8     Document Type: Article

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