Effect of Dissemination of Evidence in Reducing Injuries from Falls

Effective strategies to prevent falls among elderly persons have been identified but are underutilized. In this comparison of a region of Connecticut in which persons were exposed to interventions to prevent falls and a region without such exposure, the interventions were associated with a 9% reduct...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 359; no. 3; pp. 252 - 261
Main Authors:	Tinetti, Mary E, Baker, Dorothy I, King, Mary, Gottschalk, Margaret, Murphy, Terrence E, Acampora, Denise, Carlin, Bradley P, Leo-Summers, Linda, Allore, Heather G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 17.07.2008
Subjects:	Accident Prevention - methods Accidental Falls - prevention & control Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data Aged Biological and medical sciences Connecticut - epidemiology Craniocerebral Trauma - epidemiology Craniocerebral Trauma - prevention & control Education, Medical, Continuing Female Fractures, Bone - epidemiology Fractures, Bone - prevention & control General aspects Health Services - statistics & numerical data Hospitals Humans Information Dissemination Joint Dislocations - epidemiology Joint Dislocations - prevention & control Male Medical sciences Medicare Older people Primary care Risk Assessment Connecticut United States > US Medicine Fall Lesion Trauma Dissemination
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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