Hospital admissions following presentations to emergency departments for a fracture in older people

Soufiane Boufous; Caroline Finch; Jacqueline Close; Lesley Day; Stephen Lord

doi:10.1136/ip.2006.014654

Hospital admissions following presentations to emergency departments for a fracture in older people

Inj Prev. 2007 Jun;13(3):211-4. doi: 10.1136/ip.2006.014654.

Authors

Soufiane Boufous¹, Caroline Finch, Jacqueline Close, Lesley Day, Stephen Lord

Affiliation

¹ NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [email protected]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Epidemiologic Studies
Female
Fractures, Bone / epidemiology
Geriatric Assessment
Health Services for the Aged*
Hip Fractures / epidemiology*
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Pelvis / injuries*
Risk Factors
Victoria / epidemiology
Wrist Injuries / epidemiology*