Falls in hospital increase length of stay regardless of degree of harm

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 396-400

  Dunne, Tanya J ^a   Gaboury, Isabelle ^b,c   Ashe, Maureen C ^d,e  

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

accidental falls; hospitals; inpatients; length of stay; older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; IN HOSPITAL FALL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904016693     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12144     Document Type: Review

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