The epidemiology of falls in Portugal: An analysis of hospital admission data

Filipa Sampaio; Paulo Nogueira; Raquel Ascenção; Adriana Henriques; Andreia Costa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0261456

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The epidemiology of falls in Portugal: An analysis of hospital admission data

Filipa Sampaio ,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: filipa.sampaio@pubcare.uu.se

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5540-9853

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Paulo Nogueira,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Instituto de Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Instituto de Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Área Disciplinar Autónoma da Bioestatística (Laboratório de Biomatemática), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Nursing School of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8316-5035

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Raquel Ascenção,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Centro de Estudos de Medicina Baseada na Evidência, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Adriana Henriques,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Instituto de Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Nursing School of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Andreia Costa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Instituto de Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Nursing School of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2727-4402

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The epidemiology of falls in Portugal: An analysis of hospital admission data

Filipa Sampaio,
Paulo Nogueira,
Raquel Ascenção,
Adriana Henriques,
Andreia Costa

Published: December 22, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261456

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