The Cost of a Fall Among Older Adults Requiring Emergency Services.

Craig D NewgardAmber L LinAaron B CaugheyElizabeth EckstromEileen M BulgerKristan StaudenmayerBrandon C MaughanSusan MalveauDenise GriffithsK John McConnell

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)

Older adults who fall and require emergency services have increased healthcare expenditures compared with baseline, particularly during the post-acute period. Comorbidities, noninjury medical conditions, fracture type, and surgical interventions were independently associated with increased costs.

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