Association of injurious falls with disability outcomes and nursing home admissions in community-living older persons

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 418-425

  Gill, Thomas M ^a   Murphy, Terrence E ^a   Gahbauer, Evelyne A ^a   Allore, Heather G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

accidental falls; activities of daily living; aged; cohort studies; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INJURY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; NURSING HOMES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84881163681     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws554     Document Type: Article

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