Reassessing the economic burden of geriatric falls: a call for preventive action
Zangbar and colleagues1 present a timely and essential study comparing medical and combined (combination of medical costs and value of a statistical life) costs associated with fatal geriatric falls to those from fatal firearm injuries.
Authors
- Tanya Anand
- Abdul Tawab Saljuqi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6753-6614)
- Bellal A Joseph (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2205-3061)
Institutions
- University of Arizona (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2024-001591
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.29