Mortality From Falls in Dutch Adults 80 Years and Older, 2000-2016

Hartholt, Klaas A.; van Beeck, Ed F.; van der Cammen, Tischa J.M.

doi:10.1001/jama.2018.1444

Mortality From Falls in Dutch Adults 80 Years and Older, 2000-2016

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Klaas A. Hartholt Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis

Ed F. van Beeck Erasmus MC

Tischa J.M. van der Cammen Human Factors

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Human Factors

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.1444

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2018

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Human Factors

Abstract

Falls are a leading cause of health care consumption, morbidity, and mortality among older adults.1,2 Falls mortality in persons 80 years and older in the Netherlands decreased from 1969 through 1999, and then slightly increased from 2000 through 2008.3 We assessed trends in falls mortality in persons 80 years and older from 2000 through 2016.

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