Factors influencing discharge location after hospitalization resulting from a traumatic fall among older persons

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 902-907

  Lim, Hyun J ^a   Hoffmann, Raymond ^a   Brasel, Karen ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge location; Elderly; Falls; Injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INSURANCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEG INJURY; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NECK INJURY; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 37349023584     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000240110.14909.71     Document Type: Article

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