Use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for examining healthcare professionals’ assessments of the relative importance of risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people

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Use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for examining healthcare professionals’ assessments of the relative importance of risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people

Background: a gap exists between evidence-based medicine and clinical-practice. Every day, healthcare professionals (HCPs) combine empirical evidence and subjective experience in order to maximise the effectiveness of interventions. Consequently, it is important to understand how HCPs interpret the...

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Main Authors:	Pecchia, Leandro, Bath, Peter A., Pendleton, Neil, Bracale, Marcello
Format:	Article
Published:	Schattauer 2011
Subjects:	risk factors for falls risk factors for falls in elderly preventing falls in the elderly Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1569/

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