Stratification of risk for hospital admissions for injury related to fall: Cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Castro, Victor M ^a,b   McCoy, Thomas H ^a   Cagan, Andrew ^a,b   Rosenfield, Hannah R ^a   Murphy, M ^a,b   Churchill, Susanne E ^b   Kohane, Isaac S ^c   Perlis, Roy H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODDS RATIO; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84908577087     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5863     Document Type: Article

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