Economic modelling of a public health programme for fall prevention

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 409-414

  Farag, Inez ^a   Howard, Kirsten ^b   Ferreira, Manuela L ^c   Sherrington, Catherine ^d  

^a King George V Building   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Falls prevention; Markov model; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; MARKOV CHAIN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84929150582     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu195     Document Type: Article

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