Medical Costs of Fatal and Nonfatal Falls in Older Adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 693-698

  Florence, Curtis S ^a   Bergen, Gwen ^a   Atherly, Adam ^b   Burns, Elizabeth ^a   Stevens, Judy ^a   Drake, Cynthia ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

falls; Medicaid; medical costs; Medicare; older adults

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS; ECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85043320088     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15304     Document Type: Article

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