Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of fall prevention programs that reduce fall-related hip fractures in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-141

  Frick, Kevin D ^a   Kung, Jacquelyn Y ^a   Parrish, John M ^b   Narrett, Matthew J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Erickson Foundation   (United States)

^c Erickson Retirement Communities   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Cost utility; Fall interventions; Fall prevention

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAI CHI; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 73949130003     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02575.x     Document Type: Article

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