Circumstances and consequences of falls in residential care: The New Zealand story

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1202, 2004, Pages

  Butler, Meg ^a   Kerse, Ngaire ^a   Todd, Maree ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Mental Health Services for Older People   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TIME; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 16644367759     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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