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An evaluation of injurious falls and Fall-Risk-Increasing-Drug (FRID) prescribing in ambulatory care in older adults

BACKGROUND: Falls are a major public health problem affecting millions of older adults each year. Little is known about FRID prescribing behaviors after injurious falls occur. The primary objective of this study was to investigate whether an injurious fall is associated with being prescribed a new F...

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Autores principales: Elliott, Taylor R., Westneat, Susan, Karanth, Shama D., Abner, Erin L., Kucharska-Newton, Anna M., Moga, Daniela C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8908684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35272628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02877-z