Multifactorial evaluation and treatment of persons with a high risk of recurrent falling was not cost-effective

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2187-2196

  Peeters, G M E E ^a   Heymans, M W ^a,b   De Vries, O J ^a   Bouter, L M ^b   Lips, P ^a   Van Tulder, M W ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Cost effectiveness; Multifactorial intervention; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960002618     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1438-4     Document Type: Article

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