Fall incidence and fall prevention practices at acute care hospitals in Singapore: A retrospective audit

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 722-727

  Koh, Serena Siew Lin ^a,c   Manias, Elizabeth ^a   Hutchinson, Alison M ^a   Johnston, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fall injury rate; Fall prevention; Fall rate; Falls; Incidence of falls; Retrospective audit; Review of record; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548472419     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00743.x     Document Type: Article

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