Incidence and cost of serious fall-related injuries in nursing homes

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-23

  Quigley, Patricia A ^a   Campbell, Robert R ^b   Bulat, Tatjana ^b   Olney, Ronald L ^b   Buerhaus, Peter ^c   Needleman, Jack ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HSR and D/ RRD Center of Excellence: Maximizing Rehabilitation Outcomes   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative data; falls; health care costs; injury; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FALLING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; NURSING HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84857675747     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773811414180     Document Type: Article

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