Evaluation of a health service delivery intervention to promote falls prevention in older people across the care continuum

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1254-1261

  Peel, Nancye M ^a   Travers, Catherine ^a   Bell, Rebecca A R ^b   Smith, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

accidental falls; aged; care continuum; health promotion; information dissemination; programme evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUEENSLAND; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78650626756     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01307.x     Document Type: Article

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