A 10-year cohort study of the burden and risk of in-hospital falls and fractures using routinely collected hospital data

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Brand, C A ^a   Sundararajan, V ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650344244     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2009.038273     Document Type: Article

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