Women With Low Falls Are Less Likely To Be Admitted to a Specialist Trauma Unit: A Single Centre Observational Study of Older Adults
Accounting for age and frailty women and people with low falls were more likely to be admitted to a general medical unit than a trauma unit compared to men. This supports the need for standard admission guidelines for trauma.
Authors
- D. J. Read (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6555-7358)
- Katherine Gregorevic
- Alyssa A Griffiths
- Kwang Lim
- Rachel Aitken
Institutions
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ANZ Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.70581
- Primary Topic
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00