A multi-faceted intervention to implement guideline care and improve quality of care for older people who present to the emergency department with falls

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Waldron, Nicholas ^a,b   Dey, Ian ^b   Nagree, Yusuf ^b,c   Xiao, Jianguo ^d   Flicker, Leon ^e  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Armadale Kelmscott Memorial Hospital   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79251547062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-6     Document Type: Article

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