Characteristics and circumstances of falls in a hospital setting
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- 1 July 2004
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 19 (7) , 732-739
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30387.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of hospital inpatient falls, including characteristics of patients who fall, circumstances of falls, and fall-relatKeywords
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