What constitutes success in preventive health care? a case study in assessing the benefits of hip protectors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1593-1601

  Salkeld, G ^a   Quine, S ^b   Cameron, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Compliance; Hip protectors; Prevention; Process utility; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 3242760573     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.034     Document Type: Article

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