Fall injuries, associated deaths, and 30-day readmission for subsequent falls are increasing in the elderly US population: a query of the WHO mortality database and National Readmission Database from 2010 to 2014

Fall injuries, associated deaths, and 30-day readmission for subsequent falls are increasing in the elderly US population: a query of the WHO mortality database and National Readmission Database from 2010 to 2014

Colette Galet,1 Yunshu Zhou,2 Patrick Ten Eyck,2 Kathleen S Romanowski1 1Acute Care Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Iowa City, IA, USA; 2Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Purpose: Clinicians anecdotally noted that elderly patients who s...

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Main Authors: Galet C, Zhou Y, Ten Eyck P, Romanowski KS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2018-11-01
Series:Clinical Epidemiology
Subjects:
Elderly
falls
national readmission database
WHO mortality database
Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/fall-injuries-associated-deaths-and-30-day-readmission-for-subsequent--peer-reviewed-article-CLEP

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