Incidence of and County Variation in Fall Injuries in US Residents Aged 65 Years or Older, 2016-2019
Open Access
- 11 February 2022
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Network Open
- Vol. 5 (2) , e2148007
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.Keywords
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