Prevention of Fall-Related Injuries in Long-term Care

Analysis of Longitudinal Data

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Risk Factors for Falls among Elderly Persons Living in the Community

1988 • 6,422 citations

Proportional hazards tests and diagnostics based on weighted residuals

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Power and sample size calculations

1990 • 2,000 citations

Preventing Falls in Elderly Persons

2003 • 1,658 citations

Fall risk index for elderly patients based on number of chronic disabilities

1986 • 1,555 citations

Risk factors for recurrent nonsyncopal falls. A prospective study

1989 • 1,511 citations

Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people

2003 • 1,388 citations

Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomization Trials in Health Research

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Risk Factors for Falls in a Community-Based Prospective Study of People 70 Years and Older

1989 • 1,212 citations

Psychotropic Drug Use and the Risk of Hip Fracture

1987 • 1,013 citations

Designing the National Resident Assessment Instrument for Nursing Homes

1990 • 916 citations

Benzodiazepines of Long and Short Elimination Half-life and the Risk of Hip Fracture

1989 • 551 citations

Lifetime Use of Nursing Home Care

1991 • 424 citations

A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF FALLS IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION: I. INCIDENCE AND MORBIDITY

1977 • 378 citations

Factors Associated with Serious Injury During Falls by Ambulatory Nursing Home Residents

1987 • 362 citations

USE OF MEDICAID DATA FOR PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY

1989 • 316 citations

A Randomized Trial of a Consultation Service to Reduce Falls in Nursing Homes

1997 • 297 citations

Mechanical Restraint Use and Fall-related Injuries among Residents of Skilled Nursing Facilities

1992 • 281 citations

Identification of fractures from computerized medicare files

1992 • 230 citations

Injurious Falls in Nonambulatory Nursing Home Residents: A Comparative Study of Circumstances, Incidence, and Risk Factors

1996 • 228 citations

Benzodiazepines and the Risk of Falls in Nursing Home Residents

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Psychotropic Drugs and Risk of Recurrent Falls in Ambulatory Nursing Home Residents

1995 • 201 citations

Prevention of Falls and Fall Injuries in Elderly Persons: A Research Agenda

1994 • 167 citations

Low Bone Mineral Density and Risk of Fracture in White Female Nursing Home Residents

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Quality Improvement Implementation in the Nursing Home

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Using medical services claims to assess injuries in the elderly sensitivity of diagnostic and procedure codes for injury ascertainment

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Cyclic Antidepressants and the Risk of Hip Fracture

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Psychotropic drugs and injuries among the elderly: a review.

1992 • 100 citations

The Epidemiology of Adverse and Unexpected Events in the Long‐Term Care Setting

1994 • 97 citations

Risk Factors for Hip Fractures Occurring in the Hospital

1994 • 74 citations

Hip Fracture Incidence in Nursing Home Residents and Community‐Dwelling Older People, Washington State, 1993–1995

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Geriatric falls: assessing the cause, preventing recurrence.

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A standardized instrument to assess hazards for falls in the home of older persons

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