Accurately assessing elderly fall deaths using hospital discharge and vital statistics data

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-35

  Koehler, Steven A ^a   Weiss, Harold B ^b   Shakir, Abdulrezzak ^a   Shaeffer, Stacey ^c   Ladham, Shaun ^a   Rozin, Leon ^a   Dominick, Joseph ^a   Lawrence, Bruce A ^d   Miller, Ted R ^d   Wecht, Cyril H ^a  

^a Allegheny County Coroner's Office   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly falls; Forensic epidemiology; Hospital discharge data; Injury surveillance; Overcounting; Undercounting

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS; ACCIDENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PENNSYLVANIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 33746065748     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000202710.06605.20     Document Type: Article

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