Trends and Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Fall-Related Injuries in Older Adults, 2003–2010
Introduction: One third of older adults fall each year, and falls are costly to both the patient in terms of morbidity and mortality and to the health system. Given that falls are a preventable cause of injury, our objective was to understand the characteristics and trends of emergency department (E...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/85q7t11v |