Cost of Inpatient Falls and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Implementation of an Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Program.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is insufficient research on the costs of patient falls in health care systems, a leading source of nonreimbursable adverse events.

Objective

To report the costs of inpatient falls and the cost savings associated with implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention program.

Design, setting, and participants

In this economic evaluation, a matched case-control study used the findings from an interrupted time series analysis that assessed changes in fall rates following implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention program to understand the cost of inpatient falls. An economic analysis was then performed to assess the cost benefits associated with program implementation across 2 US health care systems from June 1, 2013, to August 31, 2019, in Ne

SUBMITTER: Dykes PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9860521 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature