Fall-related injuries in a nursing home setting: Is polypharmacy a risk factor?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Baranzini, Federico ^a   Diurni, Marcello ^a   Ceccon, Francesca ^a   Poloni, Nicola ^a   Cazzamalli, Sara ^a   Costantini, Chiara ^a   Colli, Cristiano ^b   Greco, Laura ^b   Callegari, Camilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b Residenza Sanitaria Assistenziale (RSA) Fondazione Fratelli Molina   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; ITALY; MALE; NURSING HOME; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 75849154531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-228     Document Type: Article

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