Risk of falling among hospitalized patients with high modified Morse scores could be further Stratified

• Main Authors: Irina Gringauz (Author), Yael Shemesh (Author), Amir Dagan (Author), Irina Israelov (Author), Dana Feldman (Author), Naama Pelz-Sinvani (Author), Dan Justo (Author), Gad Segal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Falls during hospitalization harbor both clinical and financial outcomes. The modified Morse fall scale [MMFS] is widely used for an in-hospital risk-of-fall assessment. Nevertheless, the majority of patients at risk of falling, i.e. with high MMFS, do not fall. The aim of this s...