Fall risk as a function of time after admission to sub-acute geriatric hospital units
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Fall risk as a function of time after admission to sub-acute geriatric hospital units
BACKGROUND There is evidence about time-dependent fracture rates in different settings and situations. Lacking are data about underlying time-dependent fall risk patterns. The objective of the study was to analyse fall rates as a function of time after admission to sub-acute hospital units and to evaluate the time-dependent impact of clinical factors at baseline on fall risk. METHODS This ret...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Geriatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-016-0346-7