Community-based health efforts for the prevention of falls in the elderly.
Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Letterkenny General Hospital, Letterkenny, Co Donegal,, Ireland. alan.hanley@gmail.comIssue Date
2012-01-31T16:31:21ZMeSH
Accidental Falls/economics/*prevention & controlAged
Community Health Services/economics/*methods
Cost-Benefit Analysis
*Health Services for the Aged/economics
Humans
Ireland/epidemiology
Risk Factors
Wounds and Injuries/economics/epidemiology/*prevention & control
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Clin Interv Aging. 2011;6:19-25. Epub 2010 Dec 20.Journal
Clinical interventions in agingDOI
10.2147/CIA.S9489PubMed ID
21472088Abstract
Falls are a major public health problem in the elderly population. The associated health care cost is great. It has therefore become an important public health matter to evaluate those interventions that might be effective in reducing the risk of falls. Risk factors that predict an increased risk of falling are described. We discuss interventions that can be employed in the community to reduce the risk of falls and associated injuries by discipline, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and physician-led interventions. We also discuss the cost-effectiveness of such interventions.Language
engISSN
1178-1998 (Electronic)1176-9092 (Linking)
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2147/CIA.S9489
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