@article{ref1,
title="Hospital and non-hospital costs for fall-related injury in community-dwelling older people",
journal="New South Wales public health bulletin",
year="2008",
author="Tiedemann, Anne C. and Murray, Susan M. and Munro, Bridget and Lord, Stephen R.",
volume="19",
number="9-10",
pages="161-165",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study determined the cost of fall-related health care in a cohort of community-dwelling people. METHODS: 578 people aged 75 years and over were monitored for falls and related health-care costs for one year. RESULTS: The mean cost per injurious fall was $1600 (year 2000 dollars). Hospital costs accounted for 67% of the total cost, even though only 4% of injurious falls required hospital admission. The cost of non-hospital health care was also substantial. CONCLUSION: This study highlights the economic burden of falls and the importance of injury prevention strategies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1034-7674",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}