A longitudinal analysis of total 3-year healthcare costs for older adults who experience a fall requiring medical care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 853-860

  Bohl, Alex A ^a,b   Fishman, Paul A ^b,f   Ciol, Marcia A ^c   Williams, Barbara ^a   Logerfo, James ^a,b,d,e   Phelan, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Department of Rehabilitation Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Global Health   (United States)

^e Divisions of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^f GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic; Fall injury; Longitudinal; Medicare; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; AGE; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77952163936     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02816.x     Document Type: Article

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