Care Management Service and Falls Prevention: A Case-Control Study in a Chinese Population

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-361

  Leung, Angela Y M ^a   Lou, Vivian W Q ^a   Chan, Kin Sun ^b   Yung, Alison ^a   Chi, Iris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

care management; case control study; Chinese; falls; home care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; VISION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 78249258251     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264309358764     Document Type: Article

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