Differences in fall-related emergency departments visits with and without an Injury, 2018

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• Alternative Title:
  J Safety Res
• Personal Author:
  Moreland, Briana L. ; Burns, Elizabeth R. ; Haddad, Yara K.
• Description:
  Background:
  
  Falls, with or without an injury, often affect the health of older adults (65+).
  
  Methods:
  
  We used the 2018 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project to describe older adults’ fall-related ED visits. We defined fall-related ED visits as those with a fall external cause of morbidity code and fall-injury related ED visits as those with an injury diagnosis code and a fall external cause of morbidity code. Percentages of fall-related and fall-injury related ED visits were analyzed by select characteristics.
  
  Results:
  
  Over 86% of fall-related ED visits were fall-injury related. A higher percentage of females (87%) and rural (88%) older adults’ fall-related ED visits were fall-injury related compared to males (85%) and urban older adults (86%). A higher percentage of fall-related ED visits without a coded injury (33%) were hospitalized compared to those with a coded injury (29%).
  
  Conclusion:
  
  The majority of fall-related ED visits included an injury diagnosis.
  
  Practical applications:
  
  Researchers can consider which method of measuring ED visits related to falls is most appropriate for their study. Limiting fall-related ED visits to only those where an injury diagnosis is also present may underestimate the number of fall-related ED visits but may be appropriate for researchers specifically interested in fall injuries.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aged Article Elderly Emergency Service, Hospital Fall Injuries Falls Female Hospitalization Humans ICD-10-CM Male Older Adults Seasons

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• Source:
  J Safety Res. 82:367-370
• Pubmed ID:
  36031264
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9500550
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  82
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e6eabdbd681bdd41db92eaae64908b86d0e281da32933e71aa7cd46bfee28468
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121547/cdc_121547_DS1.pdf
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