Variation in risk for falls by clinical department: implications for prevention.
Rohde J, Myers A, Vlahov D. Variation in risk for falls by clinical department: implications for prevention. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1990, 11: 521-4. PMID: 2230041, DOI: 10.1086/646085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient daysFall rateClinical departmentsTotal patient daysInjury prevention programsAcute care hospitalsBed acute care hospitalRate of fallInpatient fallsOncology servicesMedical recordsRetrospective analysisAdult servicesPrevention programsOne-year periodPsychiatry departmentPatientsInjuryAdditional yearIncident reportsDepartmentAgeFallDaysHospitalVariation in Risk for Falls by Clinical Department: Implications for Prevention
Rohde J, Myers A, Vlahov D. Variation in Risk for Falls by Clinical Department: Implications for Prevention. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1990, 11: 521-524. DOI: 10.2307/30151319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient daysFall rateClinical departmentsTotal patient daysInjury prevention programsAcute care hospitalsBed acute care hospitalRate of fallInpatient fallsOncology servicesMedical recordsRetrospective analysisAdult servicesPrevention programsOne-year periodPsychiatry departmentPatientsInjuryAdditional yearIncident reportsDepartmentAgeFallDaysHospitalEpidemiology of falls among patients in a rehabilitation hospital.
Vlahov D, Myers A, al-Ibrahim M. Epidemiology of falls among patients in a rehabilitation hospital. Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation 1990, 71: 8-12. PMID: 2297314.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidemiology of fallsGroup of patientsDiagnosis of strokeLower extremity amputationNonambulatory statusConsiderable morbidityRepeat fallsAcute careExtremity amputationDescriptive epidemiologyRehabilitation hospitalRisk factorsBedfast patientsHigh riskRehabilitation facilityGeriatric settingsRehabilitation settingsPatientsOlder agePreventive measuresPurpose of preventionFirst fallEpidemiologyIncident reportsAge