Objectives Many hospitals use fall prevention alarms, despite the limited evidence of effectiveness. The objectives of this ...

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1 Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Department, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland ...