ArticleBMC geriatrics2019
Fall-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations among community-dwelling older adults: examination of health problems and injury characteristics.
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- Mobile health (mHealth) technologies for fall prevention among older adults in low-middle income countries: bibliometrics, network analysis and integrative review.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
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- Exploring Population Characteristics and Recruitment Challenges in Older People Experiencing Falls at Home without Hospitalization or with an Emergency Department Visit: Insights from the RISING-DOM Experience.Clinical interventions in aging · 2023Trial
- A Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Strategy to Prevent Serious Fall Injuries.The New England journal of medicine · 2020Trial
- Factors Associated with a Disposition-Based Indicator of Severe Injury Among Older Adults with Fall-Related Injuries: A Secondary Analysis of the 2023 Emergency Department-Based Injury In-Depth Surveillance.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association of healthy sleep pattern with the risk of falls and fractures among individuals with cardiovascular disease: a UK Biobank study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026Article
- The Growing Burden of Fall-Related Injuries among Older Adults: A Seven-Year Study from a Tertiary Medical Center in Taiwan.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2026Article
- Relationship between social network characteristics and falls among older adults living alone: an analysis using Zero-inflated negative binomial regression.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Health Service Use for Self-Reported Balance Problems in Community-Dwelling Adults: A Secondary Analysis of Nationally Representative NHANES 2001-2004 Data.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Personality and falls: evidence from three samples.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Femoral artery calcification predicts hip fracture in maintenance hemodialysis patients.Archives of osteoporosis · 2025Article
- Older adult fall injuries and the usage of fall screener tools.Journal of safety research · 2025Article
- Economic modelling of fall prevention interventions delivered by community emergency medical services: a decision-tree analysis.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025Article
- Vestibular Suppressant Utilization and Subsequent Falls Among Patients 65 Years and Older With Dizziness in the United States.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Association of Coprescribing of Gabapentinoid and Other Psychoactive Medications With Altered Mental Status and Falls in Adults Receiving Dialysis.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2025Observational
- Fall Risk and Medication Use Near End of Life Among Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2024Article
- Protocol for a home-based self-delivered prehabilitation intervention to proactively reduce fall risk in older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial of transcranial direct current stimulation and motor imagery.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- Bayesian semi-parametric inference for clustered recurrent events with zero inflation and a terminal event.Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C, Applied statistics · 2024Article
- Chronic pain in older adults with disabilities is associated with fall-related injuries: a prospective cohort study.European geriatric medicine · 2024Article
- Cost of U.S emergency department and inpatient visits for fall injuries in older adults.Injury · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundFall injuries and related healthcare use among older adults are increasing in the United States. This study examined chronic illnesses, sensory and memory problems, and injury characteristics that were associated with ED visits and hospitalizations among older adults who received medical attention for fall injuries within a 91-day reference period.
methodsData were from the publicly available 2013-2017 US National Health Interview Survey files (unweighted N = 1840 respondents aged > 60 years with fall injuries). We first described socioeconomic, health/mental health, healthcare utilization, and injury characteristics among three groups: those who neither visited an ED nor were hospitalized for their fall injury, those who visited an ED only, and those who were hospitalized. Then, using multinomial logistic regression analysis, we examined associations of healthcare utilization (ED visit only and hospitalization vs. no ED visit/hospitalization) with chronic illnesses, other health problems, and injury characteristics, controlling for socioeconomic factors.
resultsOf older adults who received medical attention for fall injuries, a little more than one-third had an ED visit only and a little less than a fifth had an overnight hospital stay. Multivariable analysis showed that lung disease and memory problems were associated with higher risk of ED visit only; hip and head injuries, facial injuries, and broken bones/fractures (from any type of injury) were more likely to result in hospitalization than other injuries. Fall injuries sustained inside the home, falls from loss of balance/dizziness, and living alone were also more likely to result in hospitalization.
conclusionsThese healthcare utilization findings indicate the significant toll that fall injuries exact on older adults and healthcare systems. Fall prevention should target risk factors that are specific to serious injuries requiring costly care. Strategies for implementing scalable, adaptable, and measurable fall prevention models by primary care and emergency medical service providers and ED staff are needed.
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