Health care consequences of falls for seniors.

摘要: OBJECTIVES: This article examines falls that caused a serious injury among people aged 65 or older living in private households. Based on an analysis of followed over two-year period, it focuses the association fall 1994/95 with subsequent health care. DATA SOURCE: The data are from household component and 1996/97 cycles National Population Health Survey conducted by Statistics Canada. Longitudinal cross-sectional sample 2,081 for whom were available who still alive 1996/97. An additional 11,282 elderly this age group provided 1996/97, yielding total 13,363. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES: In addition to descriptive statistics, multivariate analyses used study associations between injurious entry into care, controlling selected factors. MAIN RESULTS: After age, decline ability perform activities daily living, other factors, odds care three times as high seniors reported those did not. Language: fr