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Predicting Falls in People Aged 65 Years and Older From Insurance Claims

BACKGROUND: Accidental falls among people aged 65 years and older caused approximately 2,700,000 injuries, 27,000 deaths, and cost more than 34 billion dollars in the United States annually in recent years. Here, we derive and validate a predictive model for falls based on a retrospective cohort of...

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Published in:Am J Med
Main Authors: Homer, Mark L., Palmer, Nathan P., Fox, Kathe P., Armstrong, Joanne, Mandl, Kenneth D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5441951/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28111165
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.01.003
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