FALL INJURIES, ASSOCIATED DEATHS, AND 30-DAY READMISSION FOR SUBSEQUENT FALLS ARE INCREASING IN THE ELDERLY US POPULATION: A QUERY OF THE WHO MORTALITY DATABASE AND NATIONAL READMISSION DATABASE FROM 2010 TO 2014

Fall injuries, associated deaths, and 30-day readmission for subsequent falls are increasing in the elderly US population: a query of the WHO mortality database and National Readmission Database from 2010 to 2014

Colette Galet,1 Yunshu Zhou,2 Patrick Ten Eyck,2 Kathleen S Romanowski1 1Acute Care Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Iowa City, IA, USA; 2Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Purpose: Clinicians anecdotally noted that elderly patients who suffered from traumatic injuries (falls or other in

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