@article{ref1,
title="Incidence of and county variation in fall injuries in US residents aged 65 years or older, 2016-2019",
journal="JAMA network open",
year="2022",
author="Hoffman, Geoffrey and Franco, Nils and Perloff, Jennifer and Lynn, Joanne and Okoye, Safiyyah and Min, Lillian",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="e2148007-e2148007",
abstract="Falls cause widespread disability, death, and substantial health care spending; hip fractures and other injuries from falls affect 4.5 million older US residents annually and cost Medicare $15 to $30 billion annually.1 Prior reports of increased fall injury incidence trends are limited by use of self-reported survey data, which severely undercount fall injuries.2,3 We sought to document national trends and geographic variation in fall injuries...   ... Our findings present population-targeted risk management opportunities to stem a growing and costly public health challenge. As injuries increase, improvements in policies and practices to prevent falls seem both possible and prudent...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2574-3805",
doi="10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48007"
}