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Re-contact rates with a UK ambulance service following paramedic referral to a falls prevention service for those aged ≥ 65 years: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Falls in older populations constitute a large proportion of the workload for UK ambulance services, and cost the NHS over £2.3 billion per year. A large proportion of older fallers are not conveyed to an emergency department (ED), representing a vulnerable group of patients. New pathways...

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Autor principal: Scott, Jamie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The College of Paramedics 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7783949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33456387
http://dx.doi.org/10.29045/14784726.2020.09.5.2.18