title: Hospital and non-hospital costs for fall-related injury in community-dwelling older people.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study highlights the economic burden of falls and the importance of injury prevention strategies.
authors.affiliation: Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, University of New South Wales. a.tiedemann@powmri.edu.au
authors.forename: Anne C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Tiedemann
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: Bridget
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Munro
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lord
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006295:Health Resources; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009517:New South Wales; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires