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Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 1999-00 to 2010-11
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013) Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 1999-00 to 2010-11, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 25 September 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2013). Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 1999-00 to 2010-11. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 1999-00 to 2010-11. AIHW, 2013.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 1999-00 to 2010-11. Canberra: AIHW; 2013.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2013, Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 1999-00 to 2010-11, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report focuses on trends in fall-related hospital care for people aged 65 and older from 1999-00 to 2010-11. While age-standardised rates of fall injury cases increased over the 12 years to June 2011, the rate of hip fractures due to falls decreased. The patient days for hospital care directly attributable to fall-related injury doubled over the study period.
Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 1999-00 to 2010-11