Temporal association between hospitalization and rate of falls after discharge

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 2788-2795

  Mahoney, Jane E ^a,b   Palta, Mari ^a   Johnson, Jill ^c   Jalaluddin, Muhammad ^d   Gray, Shelly ^e   Park, Soomin ^a   Sager, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c New England Center for Integrative Health   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VISION; WALKING AID;

EID: 0034626415     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.18.2788     Document Type: Article

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