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标题：Incidence of falls and fall-related outcomes among people in aged-care facilities in the Lower Hunter region, NSW
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作者：Richard E.Gibson ; Mandy Harden ; Julie Byles 等
期刊名称：New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
印刷版ISSN：1034-7674
电子版ISSN：1834-8610
出版年度：2008
卷号：19
期号：9&10
页码：166-169
DOI：10.1071/NB07049
出版社：CSIRO Publishing
摘要：This article describes the rate of falls and adverse outcomes following falls, such as fracture, hospitalisation and death, among residents of 88 aged-care facilities in the Lower Hunter region of NSW from July to December 2005. A high rate of falls was observed with a crude incidence of 171 falls per 1000 beds per month. Around 40% of the falls resulting in hospitalisation were for fractured neck of femur. Estimated 3-month survival following fractured neck of femur was low, with a rate ratio of around 1 : 3. The data indicate an urgent need for falls injury prevention in aged-care facilities.