Journal article
Medication use and falls in community-dwelling seniors
Abstract
PurposeThe association between injurious falls requiring a visit to the emergency department and various classes of medications was examined in a case–control study of community living persons aged 66 years and older. It was hypothesized that medication use was related to injurious falls while controlling for comorbidity.MethodsAdministrative databases from a Canadian province provided the information used. Data were collected for all …
Authors
Voaklander DC; Kelly KD; O'Malley K; Hemingway D; Schopflocher D; Svenson L; Yiannakoulias N
Journal
Annals of Epidemiology, Vol. 14, No. 8,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
9 2004
DOI
10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.07.029
ISSN
1047-2797