[Cost] effectiveness of withdrawal of fall-risk increasing drugs versus conservative treatment in older fallers: Design of a multicenter randomized controlled trial (IMPROveFALL-study)

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hartholt, Klaas A ^a   Van Der Velde, Nathalie ^a   Van Lieshout, Esther Mm ^a   Polinder, Suzanne ^a   De Vries, Oscar J ^b   Boyé, Nicole Da ^a   Kerver, Albert Jh ^c   Ziere, Gijsbertus ^a,d   Bruijninckx, Milko Mm ^e   De Vries, Mark R ^f   Mattace Raso, Francesco Us ^a   Uitterlinden, André G ^a   Van Beeck, Ed F ^a   Lips, Paul ^b   Patka, Peter ^a   Van Der Cammen, Tischa Jm ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d Harbour Hospital   (Netherlands)

^e IJSSELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051790081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-48     Document Type: Article

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