Differences in Evaluating Fall Risk by Primary Care Provider Type

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• Alternative Title:
  J Nurse Pract
• Personal Author:
  Mark, Janice A. ; Haddad, Yara K. ; Burns, Elizabeth R.
• Description:
  This study assessed differences in clinical fall risk assessment of older adults (65+) and clinical resources used by primary care providers (PCP). We used Porter Novelli's 2016 DocStyles survey to examine clinical behavior data from PCPs (n=1128). Compared to other practitioners, nurse practitioners (NP) reported a higher percentage of their patients were older adults. The majority of NPs reported screening for falls risk routinely, but most did not use standardized fall-risk assessments to assess risk factors. There were also differences in the types of clinical resources used by NPs and other PCPs to evaluate the safety profile of medications.
• Subjects:
  Article Elderly Fall Screening Medication Assessment Nurse Practitioners Older Adults Primary Care Providers
• Source:
  J Nurse Pract. 16(7):528-532
• Pubmed ID:
  34552448
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8455152
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:11b166cdb08c3eabb442a0507969223d346be3f1578527d4d73b0954472ff6fe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/110292/cdc_110292_DS1.pdf
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