ArticleInjury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2003
Trends in hospitalization after injury: older women are displacing young men.
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- Motor vehicle collision-related emergency department visits by older adults in the United States.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2012Article
- Evaluation of the effect of intensity of care on mortality after traumatic brain injury.Critical care medicine · 2008Article
- Remarkable decline in hip fracture incidence in younger age groups in Germany.American journal of public health · 2007Article
- Traumatic brain injury in older adults: epidemiology, outcomes, and future implications.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2006Review
- Fall-induced deaths among elderly people.American journal of public health · 2005Article
- Injuries among older Americans with and without Medicare.American journal of public health · 2005Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate trends in hospitalization after injuries in the USA.
designNational Hospital Discharge Survey data from 1979 to 2000 were evaluated annually by age group, sex, injury severity score (ISS), length of stay, and discharge destination. SETTING AND SUBJECTS: National probability sample of hospitalized patients.
interventionsNone.
main outcome measuresIncidence, duration, outcome, and population based rates of hospital admission after injuries.
resultsThe number of young males admitted to hospitals after injuries has decreased dramatically; older females are now the group most frequently admitted. Total days in the hospital have decreased in all age groups, but have declined less in the older population than in the younger population; furthermore, most patients aged 65 and over were formerly discharged home, but now most are discharged to long term care facilities. Overall hospitalization rates after injury have decreased in all age groups, but have declined less in the older population; furthermore, male and female hospitalization rates for serious injury (ISS at least 9, excluding isolated hip fracture) are decreasing in younger age groups while increasing in older age groups.
conclusionsOlder patients comprise a growing proportion of injuries requiring hospitalization. Trauma systems must address this change, and preventing injuries in older people is increasingly important.
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