Are we falling at the first hurdle? Estimating under-recording of falls in Accident and Emergency

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-35

  Atri, Jyoti ^a   Pugh, R Nicholas ^a   Bowden, David ^b  

^a Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b MANOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Falls; Prevention; Under recording

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 16344391196     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdh196     Document Type: Article

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