TY - JOUR PY - 2018// TI - Mortality from falls in Dutch adults 80 years and older, 2000-2016 JO - JAMA journal of the American Medical Association A1 - Hartholt, Klaas A. A1 - Van Beeck, Ed F. A1 - van der Cammen, Tischa J. M. SP - 1380 EP - 1382 VL - 319 IS - 13 N2 -

Falls are a leading cause of health care consumption, morbidity, and mortality among older adults.1,2 Falls mortality in persons 80 years and older in the Netherlands decreased from 1969 through 1999, and then slightly increased from 2000 through 2008.3 We assessed trends in falls mortality in persons 80 years and older from 2000 through 2016....

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LA - en SN - 0098-7484 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.1444 ID - ref1 ER -