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Evaluating the effectiveness of falls prevention strategies in nursing care facilities and hospitals

Falls prevention is a high impact intervention, but which strategies work? This summary outlines the nursing implications of a recent Cochrane review

BMC Health Services Research - New Articles

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Suboptimal elderly fall management in UK

BMC Health Services 

Research 2008, 8:233

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines in the UK have increased the availability of services for prevention and management of falls in elderly individuals, but intervention delivery is not reaching recommended standards in many cases.

Estimated time spent on preventive services by primary care physicians
Pollak K, Krause K, Yarnall K, Gradison M, Michener J, Ostbye T
BMC Health Services Research, 2008 8:245 

How patients perceive the therapeutic communications skills of their general practitioners, and how that perception affects adherence: use of the TCom-skill GP scale in a specific geographical area.
Baumann M, Baumann C, Le Bihan E, Chau N
BMC Health Services Research, 2008 8:244