Epidemiology of ambulance responses to older people who have fallen in New South Wales, Australia

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 171-176

  Simpson, Paul M ^a,b   Bendall, Jason C ^a   Patterson, Jillian ^c   Tiedemann, Anne ^d   Middleton, Paul M ^a,b,e   Close, Jacqueline Ct ^b,f  

^a Greater Sydney Area Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Ambulance Service New South Wales Rescue Helicopter Base Bankstown Airport   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c New South Wales Health Biostatistical Training Program   (Australia)

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental fall; Aged; Ambulance; Emergency; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL FALL; AGE; AGED; AGING; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALL; AGED; AMBULANCE; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMBULANCES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884209096     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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