Cost effectiveness of a medical vigilance system to reduce patient falls

Nursing Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 333-338

  Spetz, Joanne ^a   Jacobs, Joshua ^b   Hatler, Carol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FALLING; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROSURGERY; NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ARIZONA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38849201758     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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