Clinical Practice Guideline for Assessment and Prevention of Falls in Adult People
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Chun, Ja-Hae
(Office of QI, Severance hospital)
Kim, Hyun-Ah (Office of Quality Innovation, Samsung Medical Center) Kwak, Mi-Jeong (Quality Improvement Team, Korea University Anam Hospital) Kim, Hyuo-Sun (Performance Improvement Team in Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital) Park, Sun-Kyung (Department of Quality Improvement, Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital Bucheon) Kim, Moon-Sook (Medical Nursing Department, Seoul National University Hospital) Choi, Ae-Lee (QPS center, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital) Hwang, Jee-In (Kyung Hee University College of Nursing Science) Kim, Yoon-Sook (Department of Quality Improvement, Konkuk University Medical Center) |
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