Prevention program lowered the risk of falls and decreased claims for long-term services among elder participants

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 971-977

  Cohen, Marc A ^a   Miller, Jessica ^a   Shi, Xiaomei ^a   Sandhu, Jasbir ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^b  

^a LifePlans Inc   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALL RISK; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVING INDEPENDENTLY AND FALLS FREE TOGETHER; LONG TERM CARE; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WELLBEING; ECONOMICS; FALLING; FEMALE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84930894532     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1172     Document Type: Article

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