Screening for injurious falls in acute care hospitals

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-28

  Sheth, Heena S ^a   Faust Smith, Kimberly ^a   Sanders, Jason L ^b   Palmer, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

falls in acute care; screening tools

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84874946282     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3182750bad     Document Type: Article

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