Hospital Fall Prevention: A Systematic Review of Implementation, Components, Adherence, and Effectiveness

To systematically document the implementation, components, comparators, adherence, and effectiveness of published fall prevention approaches in U.S. acute care hospitals.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Journal of The American Geriatrics Society

• Publication date

  2013-03-25

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/jgs.12169PMID 23527904PMCID 3670303
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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