Cost per fall: A potentially misleading indicator of burden of disease in health and residential care settings

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-161

  Haines, Terry P ^a   Nitz, Jenny ^h   Grieve, Julia ^b   Barker, Anna ^c   Moore, Kirsten ^b   Hill, Keith ^d   Haralambous, Betty ^e   Robinson, Andrew ^f,g  

^a Kingston Centre   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^h NONE

Author keywords

cost of illness; falls; older adult

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84872965257     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01786.x     Document Type: Review

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