@article{ref1,
title="A cost-effectiveness analysis of a proposed national falls prevention program",
journal="Clinics in geriatric medicine",
year="2010",
author="Wu, Shaosi and Keeler, Emmett B. and Rubenstein, Laurence Z. and Maglione, Margaret A. and Shekelle, Paul G.",
volume="26",
number="4",
pages="751-766",
abstract="Falls are a major health concern for elderly people and cause substantial health care costs. The authors used meta-analytic findings on the effectiveness of fall prevention interventions to determine cost-effectiveness of a proposed Medicare fall prevention program for people who experience a recent fall. Using published clinical trial data, the authors constructed a population-based economic model and estimated that, in the base case, the program could prevent a half million people from falling again within a year. From the model, under most circumstances the cost-effectiveness ratio is less than $1500 per person prevented from experiencing a recurrent fall. Paying for a fall prevention program to increase the use of evidence-based interventions would be a cost-effective use of Medicare dollars.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0749-0690",
doi="10.1016/j.cger.2010.07.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2010.07.005"
}