Falls in the Medicare Population: Incidence, Associated Factors, and Impact on Health Care

Shumway‐Cook, Anne; A. Ciol, Marcia; M. Hoffman, Jeanne; J. Dudgeon, Brian; M. Yorkston, Kathryn; Chan, Leighton

doi:10.2522/ptj.20070107

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Falls in the Medicare Population: Incidence, Associated Factors, and Impact on Health Care

Published in Physical Therapy • Feb 19, 2009

Authors:

Anne Shumway‐Cook

Marcia A. Ciol

Jeanne M. Hoffman

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Falls are a major health problem in the elderly community; however, questions regarding incidence, risk factors, and provider response to falls exist. The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of falls, associated factors, health care costs, and provider response...

Subject

Medicine

Logistic regression

Population

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