Risk Factors of Fall-Related Emergency Department Visits by Fall Location of Older Adults in the US.
Uma KelekarDebasree Das GuptaJewel Goodman ShepherdAnupam Ashutosh SulePublished in: The western journal of emergency medicine (2021)
Our findings highlight the contrasting risk profile for elderly ED patients who report indoor vs outdoor falls when compared to the elderly reporting no falls. In conjunction, we highlight implications from three perspectives: a population health standpoint for EDs working with their primary care and community care colleagues; an ED administrative vantage point; and from an individual emergency clinician's point of view.