Projections of hospitalised fall-related injury in NSW, Australia: Impacts on the hospital and aged care sectors

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 487-492

  Watson, Wendy L ^a   Li, Yang ^a,b   Mitchell, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of injury; Falls; Injury; Older persons; Projections

Indexed keywords

COST OF INJURY; FALLS; INJURY; OLDER PERSONS; PROJECTIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HOSPITALS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GERIATRICS;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FALLING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT TRANSFER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 82955203428     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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