Cost effectiveness of patient education for the prevention of falls in hospital: Economic evaluation from a randomized controlled trial

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Haines, Terry P ^a,b   Hill, Anne Marie ^c   Hill, Keith D ^d   Brauer, Sandra G ^e   Hoffmann, Tammy ^e,f   Etherton Beer, Christopher ^g   McPhail, Steven M ^h,i  

^a Southern Health   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h Australia   (Australia)

ⁱ QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Hospital; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 84878006088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-135     Document Type: Article

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