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Fall‐related hospitalisations of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians

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Objectives: To compare the socio‐demographic characteristics and type of injury sustained, the use of hospital resources and rates of hospitalisation by injury type, and survival following fall injuries to older… Click to show full abstract

Objectives: To compare the socio‐demographic characteristics and type of injury sustained, the use of hospital resources and rates of hospitalisation by injury type, and survival following fall injuries to older Aboriginal people and non‐Indigenous Australian people hospitalised for fall‐related injuries.

Keywords: fall related; torres strait; hospitalisations older; related hospitalisations; aboriginal torres; older aboriginal

Journal Title: Medical Journal of Australia
Year Published: 2017

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