Translating a multifactorial fall prevention intervention into practice: A controlled evaluation of a fall prevention clinic

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 357-363

  Moore, Meghann ^a   Williams, Barbara ^a   Ragsdale, Sally ^a   Logerfo, James P ^a   Goss, J Richard ^a   Schreuder, Astrid B ^b   Phelan, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Fall prevention; Fall prevention clinic; Falls; Hospitalization; Injurious falls; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; WASHINGTON; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 75749108250     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02683.x     Document Type: Article

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