TY - JOUR
T1 - Cost of fall-related hospitalizations among older adults
T2 - Environmental comparisons from the 2011 texas hospital inpatient discharge data
AU - Towne, Samuel D.
AU - Ory, Marcia G.
AU - Smith, Matthew Lee
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
PY - 2014/12/1
Y1 - 2014/12/1
N2 - In the United States, 30% of older adults suffer a fall annually with tremendous personal and societal burden. Although estimates of national-level costs are available, most of these often cited estimates are dated, and less has been published about statewide estimates. This article documents fall-related medical costs by age, sex, and different geographic regions based on admission status of 2,937,579 hospital discharges reported in 2011, with special attention to trends over time. There were 77,086 fall-related hospitalizations in 2011, of which 78.4% represent those aged 50 and older. Among this same age group, total fall-related costs rose to $3.1 billion in 2011, from $1.9 billion in 2007. Those aged 75 and older experienced the highest cost, while average cost was lower in nonmetropolitan areas. Understanding the distribution of fall-related burden across groups and rurality allows researchers to identify social and environmental circumstances of falls and identify community resources necessary to prevent falls.
AB - In the United States, 30% of older adults suffer a fall annually with tremendous personal and societal burden. Although estimates of national-level costs are available, most of these often cited estimates are dated, and less has been published about statewide estimates. This article documents fall-related medical costs by age, sex, and different geographic regions based on admission status of 2,937,579 hospital discharges reported in 2011, with special attention to trends over time. There were 77,086 fall-related hospitalizations in 2011, of which 78.4% represent those aged 50 and older. Among this same age group, total fall-related costs rose to $3.1 billion in 2011, from $1.9 billion in 2007. Those aged 75 and older experienced the highest cost, while average cost was lower in nonmetropolitan areas. Understanding the distribution of fall-related burden across groups and rurality allows researchers to identify social and environmental circumstances of falls and identify community resources necessary to prevent falls.
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U2 - 10.1089/pop.2014.0002
DO - 10.1089/pop.2014.0002
M3 - Article
C2 - 25075812
AN - SCOPUS:84918492255
SN - 1942-7891
VL - 17
SP - 351
EP - 356
JO - Population Health Management
JF - Population Health Management
IS - 6
ER -