World Health Organization fracture risk assessment tool in the assessment of fractures after falls in hospital

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Falls are very common accidents in a hospital. Various risk factors and risk assessment tools are used to predict falls. However, outcomes of falls such as bone fractures have not been considered in these risk assessment tools, and t...

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Main Author: Toyabe Shin-ichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/10/106