Citation

Boufous S, Finch CF, Close JCT, Day LM, Lord S. Inj. Prev. 2007; 13(3): 211-214.

Affiliation

NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/ip.2006.014654

PMID

17567981

PMCID

PMC2598384

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to estimate the proportion of older people who are hospitalised following a presentation to an emergency department for hip, pelvic and wrist fractures. The findings indicate that hospitalisation data do not accurately reflect the incidence of low-trauma fractures, particularly wrist and pelvic fractures, in older people.

Language: en