Can Fire and Rescue Services and the National Health Service work together to improve the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable older people? Design of a proof of concept study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lowton, Karen ^a   Laybourne, Anne H ^a   Whiting, David G ^b   Martin, Finbarr C ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b London Fire Brigade   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FIRE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESCUE WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FIRES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LINEAR MODELS; LONDON; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESCUE WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 78649599218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-327     Document Type: Article

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