Citation

Hoffman G, Franco N, Perloff J, Lynn J, Okoye S, Min L. JAMA Netw. Open 2022; 5(2): e2148007.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48007

PMID

35147689

Abstract

Falls cause widespread disability, death, and substantial health care spending; hip fractures and other injuries from falls affect 4.5 million older US residents annually and cost Medicare $15 to $30 billion annually.1 Prior reports of increased fall injury incidence trends are limited by use of self-reported survey data, which severely undercount fall injuries.2,3 We sought to document national trends and geographic variation in fall injuries...

... Our findings present population-targeted risk management opportunities to stem a growing and costly public health challenge. As injuries increase, improvements in policies and practices to prevent falls seem both possible and prudent...

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