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Falls in hospital: a case-control study.

Falls in hospital: a case-control study. Falls among inpatients are common. The method used by The Norwegian Patient Safety Campaign to measure the adverse events is the Global Trigger Tool, which does not look at the causation for falls. This study was aimed at investigating major risk factors for falls in the hospital setting. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences Pubmed

Falls in hospital: a case-control study.

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences , Volume 34 (2): 8 – May 3, 2021

Falls in hospital: a case-control study.


Abstract

Falls among inpatients are common. The method used by The Norwegian Patient Safety Campaign to measure the adverse events is the Global Trigger Tool, which does not look at the causation for falls. This study was aimed at investigating major risk factors for falls in the hospital setting.

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© 2019 The Authors. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Nordic College of Caring Science.
eISSN
1471-6712
DOI
10.1111/scs.12733
pmid
31294860
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Abstract

Falls among inpatients are common. The method used by The Norwegian Patient Safety Campaign to measure the adverse events is the Global Trigger Tool, which does not look at the causation for falls. This study was aimed at investigating major risk factors for falls in the hospital setting.

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Scandinavian Journal of Caring SciencesPubmed

Published: May 3, 2021

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