Journal article
Zones of prevention: the geography of fall injuries in the elderly
Abstract
Our investigation of the geography of fall injuries considers the relationship between injury prevention and contextual approaches to health research. We use a geographic information system (GIS) to describe the pattern of emergency department reported falls of the elderly in the Capital Health Region, an administrative health area in Alberta, Canada. We used empirical Bayes estimates to obtain a geographic measure of fall incidence over the …
Authors
Yiannakoulias N; Rowe BH; Svenson LW; Schopflocher DP; Kelly K; Voaklander DC
Journal
Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 57, No. 11, pp. 2065–2073
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
12 2003
DOI
10.1016/s0277-9536(03)00081-9
ISSN
0277-9536