The costs of fatal and non-fatal falls among older adults

A Stevens, J; S Corso, P; A Finkelstein, E; R Miller, T

doi:10.1136/ip.2005.011015

Public

The costs of fatal and non-fatal falls among older adults

Shared by NobleBlocks on Oct 1, 2006 • 12:00 AM UTC

Authors:

J A Stevens

P S Corso

E A Finkelstein

Abstract

Objective: To estimate the incidence and direct medical costs for fatal and non-fatal fall injuries among US adults aged ⩾65 years in 2000, for three treatment settings stratified by age, sex, body region, and type of injury. Methods: Incidence data came from the 2000 National Vital Statistics Syste...

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!