TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Incidence of and county variation in fall injuries in US residents aged 65 years or older, 2016-2019
JO  - JAMA network open
A1  - Hoffman, Geoffrey
A1  - Franco, Nils
A1  - Perloff, Jennifer
A1  - Lynn, Joanne
A1  - Okoye, Safiyyah
A1  - Min, Lillian
SP  - e2148007
EP  - e2148007
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2574-3805
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.48007
ID  - ref1
ER  -