Fall-risk assessment and management in clinical practice: Views from healthcare providers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1522-1526

  Fortinsky, Richard H ^a   Iannuzzi Sucich, Michele ^b   Baker, Dorothy I ^c   Gottschalk, Margaret ^d   King, Mary B ^a,e   Brown, Cynthia J ^f   Tinetti, Mary E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Modena Family Practice   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall prevention; Medicare reimbursement; Patient compliance; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; FOOT DISEASE; GAIT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SHOES;

EID: 4444278809     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52416.x     Document Type: Article

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