Socio-demographic factors predict the likelihood of not returning home after hospital admission following a fall | Zendy

Rebecca T. Gilbert | Zendy; Chris Todd | Zendy; Margaret May | Zendy; Lucy Yardley | Zendy; Yoav BenShlomo | Zendy

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Socio-demographic factors predict the likelihood of not returning home after hospital admission following a fall

Author(s) -

Rebecca T. Gilbert,

Chris Todd,

Margaret May,

Lucy Yardley,

Yoav BenShlomo

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdp077

Subject(s) - rurality , residence , medicine , ethnic group , demography , public health , rural area , gerontology , environmental health , nursing , pathology , sociology , anthropology

Falls in older people result in a substantial use of resources in the NHS and care homes. One way to reduce the burden would be to identify the factors associated with the likelihood of being discharged to a care home rather than being discharged home after fall-related hospitalization. We investigate the associations between discharge destination after fall-related hospital admission with ecological factors (area deprivation, ethnicity and rurality) and individual level factors (age, gender and co-morbidities).

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