Emergency Medical Services Encounters Preceding Injurious Falls in Older Adults
This cohort study characterizes emergency medical services (EMS) encounters in the year prior to diagnosis of a fall-related injury that limits activities of daily living among adults aged 60 years and older.
Authors
- Matthew R. Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6789-0253)
- Manish N. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6331-1074)
- Remle P. Crowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9733-9294)
- Rebecca E. Cash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0355-1014)
- Ali Treichel
- Iv Godzdanker
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Northern Arizona University (US)
- Flagstaff Medical Center (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2026-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.31260
- Primary Topic
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00