Hospital admissions following presentations to emergency departments for a fracture in older people.
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.
Boufous
Soufiane
S
NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. soufiane@unsw.edu.au
Finch
Caroline
C
Close
Jacqueline
J
Day
Lesley
L
Lord
Stephen
S
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis / Q000293:injuries*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014739:Victoria / Q000453:epidemiology; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*