Citation

Sartini M, Cristina ML, Spagnolo AM, Cremonesi P, Costaguta C, Monacelli F, Garau J, Odetti P. Eur. J. Public Health 2010; 20(5): 604-606.

Affiliation

Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/eurpub/ckp165

PMID

19843597

Abstract

In Italy, more than 3 million people annually sustain a domestic injury; the elderly experience it the most. From a healthcare perspective, elderly falls are a major clinical issue with an outgrowing socioeconomic burden. The aim of the study was to evaluate the epidemiology of injurious falls in a community dwelling population, admitted to the emergency room (ER) because of a domestic injury, to assess the socioeconomic burden. Seventy-four hospitalized patients among 227 were examined. Falls represented the main cause of admittance to the ER; the average cost for fall-related hospitalization was of euro5479.09.

Language: en