Fall-related healthcare use and mortality among older adults in the Netherlands, 1997-2016.

CONCLUSION: Even though the standardized incidence rates of ED visits decreased in the past twenty years, the absolute number of fall-related ED visits increased. The number of hospital admissions has also increased, but the total number of admission days has almost halved during the same period. If the observed trends would continue, this may have implications for healthcare resource allocation, as the burden of care in EDs increases, and the admission duration reduces.
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Source: Experimental Gerontology - March 12, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Olij BF, Panneman MJM, van Beeck EF, Haagsma JA, Hartholt KA, Polinder S Tags: Exp Gerontol Source Type: research