A national survey of services for the prevention and management of falls in the UK

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lamb, Sarah E ^a,b   Fisher, Joanne D ^a   Gates, Simon ^a   Potter, Rachel ^a   Cooke, Matthew W ^a   Carter, Yvonne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BENCHMARKING; EXERCISE THERAPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 57249105485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-233     Document Type: Article

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