Community falls prevention for people who call an emergency ambulance after a fall: An economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 635-641

  Sach, Tracey H ^a   Logan, Philippa A ^b   Coupland, Carol A C ^b   Gladman, John R F ^b   Sahota, Opinder ^c   Stoner Hobbs, Valarie ^d   Robertson, Kate ^e   Tomlinson, Vicki ^d   Ward, Marie ^f   Avery, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d EAST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Lings Bar Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^f Nottingham NHS CityCare Partnership ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Falls prevention; Older people

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84865554751     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs071     Document Type: Article

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