Economic consequences of falls and fractures among older people

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Gannon, B ^a   O'Shea, E ^a   Hudson, E ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEATH; FALLING; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 53449089329     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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