Increasing trend of fatal falls in older adults in the United States, 1992 to 2005: Coding practice or reporting quality?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1913-1917

  Kharrazi, Rebekah J ^a   Nash, Denis ^b   Mielenz, Thelma J ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

falls; mortality coding; mortality trends; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FALLING; FATAL FALL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ICD-10; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TIME; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CODING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL CODING; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942192155     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13591     Document Type: Review

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