Effect of a practice guideline on the process of emergency department care of falls in elder patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1216-1223

  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; Aged; Emergency medicine; Geriatric assessment; Practice guidelines; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033452891     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00136.x     Document Type: Article

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