Clinical Effectiveness and Cost of a Hospital-Based Fall Prevention Intervention: The Importance of Time Nurses Spend on the Front Line of Implementation

OBJECTIVEThe aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical effectiveness and incremental net cost of a fall prevention intervention that involved hourly rounding by RNs at 2 hospitals.BACKGROUNDMinimizing in-hospital falls is a priority, but little is known about the value of fall prevention interve