Effect of a practice guideline for emergency department care of falls in elder patients on subsequent falls and hospitalizations for injuries

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1224-1231

  Baraff, Larry J ^a   Lee, Thomas J ^a   Kader, Susan ^a   Della Penna, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Southern California Permanente Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls prevention and control; Aged; Emergency medicine; Geriatric assessment; Outcomes; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033432863     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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