Measurement of Fall Injury With Health Care System Data and Assessment of Inclusiveness and Validity of Measurement Models.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

National injury surveillance systems use administrative data to collect information about severe fall-related trauma and mortality. Measuring milder injuries in ambulatory clinics would improve comprehensive outcomes measurement across the care spectrum.

Objectives

To assess a flexible set of administrative data-only algorithms for health systems to capture a greater breadth of injuries than traditional fall injury surveillance algorithms and to quantify the algorithm inclusiveness and validity associated with expanding to milder injuries.

Design, setting, and participants

In this longitudinal diagnostic study of 13 939 older adults (≥65 years) in the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study, a survey was conducted every 2 years and was linked

SUBMITTER: Min L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6707014 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature