Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 8 , Pages 742-751 , August 2006

Economic analysis of a community-based falls prevention program

  • J. Beard

      Affiliations

    • Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health, University of Sydney, Southern Cross University, PO Box 3074, Lismore NSW 2480, Australia
    • Injury Prevention and Control, Australia
    • New York Academy of Medicine, New York, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61266207570; fax: +61266207270.
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  • D. Rowell

      Affiliations

    • Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia
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  • D. Scott

      Affiliations

    • Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia
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  • E. van Beurden

      Affiliations

    • Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia
    • North Coast Area Health Service, Lismore, Australia
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  • L. Barnett

      Affiliations

    • Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health, University of Sydney, Southern Cross University, PO Box 3074, Lismore NSW 2480, Australia
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  • K. Hughes

      Affiliations

    • Injury Prevention and Control, Australia
    • Queensland University of Technology, Injury Prevention and Control, Brisbane, Australia
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  • B. Newman

      Affiliations

    • Injury Prevention and Control, Australia
    • Queensland University of Technology, Injury Prevention and Control, Brisbane, Australia

Received 3 June 2005 ,Revised 17 March 2006 ,Accepted 12 April 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00105-3

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.04.011

Public Health
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