Considering the use of a personal emergency response system: An experience of frail, older women

Care Management Journals

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 192-198

  Porter, Eileen J ^a   Ganong, Lawrence H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHENOMENOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0037744987     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmaj.3.4.192.57452     Document Type: Article

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