Fall injuries, associated deaths, and 30-day readmission for subsequent falls are increasing in the elderly US population: a query of the WHO mortality database and National Readmission Database from 2010 to 2014
Colette Galet,1 Yunshu Zhou,2 Patrick Ten Eyck,2 Kathleen S Romanowski1 1Acute Care Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Iowa City, IA, USA; 2Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Purpose: Clinicians anecdotally noted that elderly patients who suffered from traumatic injuries (falls or other in