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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedHoffman GJ, Tinetti ME, Ha J
Prehospital and posthospital fall injuries in older US adults.
Investigators estimated the risk of older adult fall injury within and across discrete periods during a 12-month care episode anchored by an acute hospitalization using national data from 2006 to 2014. Participants in this cohort study included Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 and older from the Health and Retirement Study. The investigators found that an episode-based assessment of fall injury illustrated substantial variability in period-specific risks over an extended period including an anchor hospitalization. Risk transitions between periods included sizable increases just before hospitalization that do not fully subside after hospital discharge. Financial incentives to coordinate hospital and posthospital care for patients at risk for fall injury are needed.
AHRQ-funded; HS025838.
Citation: Hoffman GJ, Tinetti ME, Ha J .
Prehospital and posthospital fall injuries in older US adults.
JAMA Netw Open 2020 Aug 3;3(8):e2013243. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.13243..
Keywords: Elderly, Falls, Injuries and Wounds, Risk, Hospitalization, Medicare