498 Investigating fall-related injury hospitalisations for older indigenous people in Australia
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Fall-related hospitalisations of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.
OBJECTIVES To compare the socio-demographic characteristics and type of injury sustained, the use of hospital resources and rates of hospitalisation by injury type, and survival following fall injuries to older Aboriginal people and non-Indigenous Australian people hospitalised for fall-related injuries. DESIGN Population-based retrospective cohort data linkage study. Setting, participants: N...
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عنوان ژورنال: Injury Prevention
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1353-8047,1475-5785
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042156.498