Experiences of setting up an acute orthogeriatric service in a tertiary hospital in Australia

Falls are a common occurrence in the older population. A NSW falls prevention baseline survey in 2009 reported that in 2009 25.6% of older people fell at least once in the preceding 12 months and 20 % of those had to visit a hospital as a result of their fall.1 Fall related injuries impose a substantial burden on the health care and aged care systems. In 2009–10 falls among older people led to approximately 32,000 hospitalisations according to NSW Department of Health statistics. An Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Hospital Morbidity Database showed 96,385 people aged 65 and over were hospitalised following a fall related injury in 2011–12.2 The length of time spent in hospital as a result of a fall increases with age. In 2011–12 females over 85 years of age spent 5 times longer than a female aged 65–69 years admitted for a fall related injury. 1 in 4 of those who were admitted to hospital after a fall in 2011–12 had sustained an injury to the hip or thigh (27%, 25,676 cases).2

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  2018

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  2018-02-23

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.15406/MOJGG.2018.03.00094
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