TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Cost benefit considerations of preventing elderly falls through environmental modifications to homes in Hana, Maui
JO  - Hawaii medical journal
A1  - Ling, Christian
A1  - Henderson, Stacey
A1  - Henderson, Ray
A1  - Henderson, Melinda
A1  - Pedro, Tina
A1  - Pang, Lorrin
SP  - 65
EP  - 68
VL  - 67
IS  - 3
N2  - The community of Hana, Hawai'i began a program of home modifications to help their elderly prevent falls. We estimated the cost benefit of these modifications from construction costs and published reports of effectiveness and cost of treating falls. We interviewed clients to determine risk of falling. The average cost of home modifications was $800. The average annual averted medical cost of falling was $1728.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0017-8594
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -