The Cost-Effectiveness of Falls Prevention Interventions for Older Community-Dwelling Australians

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The Cost-Effectiveness of Falls Prevention Interventions for Older Community-Dwelling Australians

Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of strategies designed to prevent falls among older people. Methods: A decision analytic Markov model of interventions designed to prevent falls was developed. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) using quality adjusted life year (QALYs) as the...

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Main Authors:	Church, J., Goodall, S., Norman, Richard, Haas, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Blackwell Publishing 2012
Subjects:	economic evaluation Australia falls prevention Markov
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38271

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