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The Cost of a Fall Among Older Adults Requiring Emergency Services

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The cost of a fall among older adults requiring emergency services is unclear, especially beyond the acute care period. We evaluated medical expenditures (costs) to 1 year among community‐dwelling older… Click to show full abstract

The cost of a fall among older adults requiring emergency services is unclear, especially beyond the acute care period. We evaluated medical expenditures (costs) to 1 year among community‐dwelling older adults who fell and required ambulance transport, including acute versus post‐acute periods, the primary drivers of cost, and comparison to baseline expenditures.

Keywords: requiring emergency; adults requiring; fall among; cost fall; among older; older adults

Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2020

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