Fall risk factors in community-dwelling elderly who receive medicaid-supported home- and community-based care services

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 682-703

  Yamashita, Takashi ^a   Jeon, Haesang ^b   Bailer, A John ^a   Nelson, Ian M ^a   Mehdizadeh, Shahla ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

fall; home care service; older adults; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GAIT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955739263     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264310390941     Document Type: Article

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