Silver bullets or buckshot? Patient falls and a systems model in healthcare facility design

Falls are associated with increased length of stay in hospitals and higher healthcare costs connected to additional care, discharges to institutional care and litigation claims. Under current US reimbursement programs, organizations are penalized for hospital-acquired conditions, including falls wit...

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Main Authors: Ellen Taylor, Sue Hignett
Format: Default Conference proceeding
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/19616
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