Determining policy-relevant formats for the presentation of falls research evidence

Health Policy

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 207-213

  Finch, Caroline F ^a   Day, Lesley ^b   Donaldson, Alex ^a   Segal, Leonie ^c   Harrison, James E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls prevention; Policy decision making; Public health policy; Translation of evidence

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH;

EID: 70350599630     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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