The contribution of staff call light response time to fall and injurious fall rates: An exploratory study in four US hospitals using archived hospital data

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tzeng, Huey Ming ^a   Titler, Marita G ^b   Ronis, David L ^b,c   Yin, Chang Yi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FALLING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; NURSING STAFF; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84859061411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-84     Document Type: Review

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