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The cost and frequency of hospitalization for fall-related injuries in older adults.

Author(s) -

Bruce H. Alexander,

F. P. Rivara,

Marsha E. Wolf

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.7.1020

Subject(s) - medicine , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , hospital discharge , suicide prevention , fall prevention , population , human factors and ergonomics , gerontology , emergency medicine , demography , medical emergency , environmental health , intensive care medicine , pathology , sociology

Using a population-based hospital discharge registry with E codes, we examine the 1989 hospitalizations of older adults in Washington State for fall-related injuries. Fall-related trauma accounted for 5.3% of all hospitalizations of older adults, with hospital charges totaling $53,346,191, and resulted in discharge to nursing care more often than other such hospitalizations. An annual hospitalization rate of 13.5 per 1000 persons and an annual cost of $92 per person is reported. The importance of preventing fall-related injuries in older adults is discussed.

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