Practice redesign to improve care for falls and urinary incontinence: Primary care intervention for older patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1765-1772

  Wenger, Neil S ^a,b   Roth, Carol P ^b   Hall, William J ^c   Ganz, David A ^a,d   Snow, Vincenza ^e   Byrkit, James ^f   Dzielak, Edward ^g   Gullen, David J ^h   Loepfe, Thomas R ⁱ   Sahler, Carl ^j   Snooks, Qianna ^e   Beckman, Robin ^b   Adams, John ^b   Rosen, Mayde ^b   Reuben, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^f Salem Clinic   (United States)

^g Physicians Health Alliance   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ Mayo Health System   (United States)

^j Canandaigua Medical Group   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE INCONTINENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELDERLY CARE; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 78049248454     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.387     Document Type: Article

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