Fall Prevention in Dutch Physician Practices: A Descriptive Study
Abstract Falls are an important health threat among frail older people. Physicians are often the first to contact for health issues and can be seen as designated professionals to provide fall prevention. However, it is unknown what they exactly do and why regarding fall prevention. This study aims to describe what physicians in the Netherlands do during daily practice in regards to fall prevention. About 65 physicians (34 practices) located throughout the Netherlands were followed up for 12 months. When a physician entered specific ICPC-codes related to frailty and falls in the Hospital Inform... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Innovation in Aging ; volume 4, issue Supplement_1, page 235-235 ; ISSN 2399-5300 |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Schlagwörter: | Life-span and Life-course Studies / Health Professions (miscellaneous) / Health (social science) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26661867 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.758 |