Characteristics of Individuals Who Fell while Receiving Home Health Services

Physical Therapy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-32

  Lewis, Cynthia L ^a   Moutoux, Mary ^b   Slaughter, Myra ^b   Bailey, Stephen P ^a  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alamance Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Home health agencies; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0346729802     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/84.1.23     Document Type: Article

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