Older fallers attended to by an ambulance but not transported to hospital: A vulnerable population at high risk of future falls

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-185

  Tiedemann, Anne ^a   Mikolaizak, A Stefanie ^b   Sherrington, Catherine ^a   Segin, Kerrie ^b   Lord, Stephen R ^b   Close, Jacqueline C T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Ambulance; Referral; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULANCE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ARTICLE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84875971973     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12037     Document Type: Article

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