Development of an algorithm to identify fall-related injuries and costs in Medicare data

Injury Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Kim, Sung Bou ^a   Zingmond, David S ^b   Keeler, Emmett B ^a   Jennings, Lee A ^b   Wenger, Neil S ^a,b   Reuben, David B ^b   Ganz, David A ^a,b,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Fall; Fall related injury; HCPCS; ICD 9 CM; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INSURANCE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84975824025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21971714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40621-015-0066-z     Document Type: Article

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