Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2390-2393

  Inouye, Sharon K ^a,b   Brown, Cynthia J ^c   Tinetti, Mary E ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COST CONTROL; DEVICE; FALL RISK; FALLING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 66649124169     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0900963     Document Type: Article

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