Falls in the Nursing Home Setting: Does Time Matter?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 684-686

  Lester, Paula ^a   Haq, Mahenaaz ^a   Vadnerkar, Amruta ^a   Feuerman, Marty ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; long term care setting; nursing home resident

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55049112647     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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