Cost of older adult falls

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
• Description:
  Cost of older adult falls 2014
  
  Falls among adults age 65 and older are very costly. Each year about $50 billion is spent on medical costs related to non-fatal fall injuries and $754 million is spent related to fatal falls.
  
  Non-fatal falls:
  
  • $29 billion is paid by Medicare
  
  • $12 billion is paid by private or out-of-pocket payers
  
  • $9 billion is paid by Medicaid
  
  As the number of Americans age 65 and older grows, we can expect the number of fall injuries and the cost to treat these injuries to soar.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidental Falls/economics Aged
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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  urn:sha256:a27aebc7ec321dd446716138cd7abba236d2a5ea04e4f4ce8190aa0821d5f0a6
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/122747/cdc_122747_DS1.pdf
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