Formative evaluation of the telecare fall prevention project for older veterans

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Miake Lye, Isomi M ^a,b   Amulis, Angel ^a   Saliba, Debra ^a,b,c   Shekelle, Paul G ^a,b   Volkman, Linda K ^a   Ganz, David A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 79956187992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-119     Document Type: Article

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