Prehospital and Posthospital Fall Injuries in Older US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

To date, measurement and treatment of older adult fall injury has been siloed within specific care settings, such as a hospital or within a nursing home or community. Little is known about changes in fall risk across care settings. Understanding the occurrence of falls across settings has implications for measuring and incentivizing high-value care across care settings.

Objective

To estimate the risk of older adult fall injury within and across discrete periods during a 12-month care episode anchored by an acute hospitalization.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study is a longitudinal analysis of 12-month periods that include an anchor hospital stay using national data from 2006 to 2014. Participants included older (aged ≥65 years) Medicare fee

SUBMITTER: Hoffman GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7439104 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature