Predicting the risk of falling - Efficacy of a risk assessment tool compared to nurses' judgement: A cluster-randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN37794278]

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Meyer, Gabriele ^a   Köpke, Sascha ^a   Bender, Ralf ^b   Mühlhauser, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute for Quality and Economic Efficiency in Health Care   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 29144464969     PISSN: 14712318     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-5-14     Document Type: Article

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