Tracking Senior Fall and Fall-Related Injury EMS Calls to Target Fall Prevention Programs, Salt Lake County, Utah

Population Health, Place, and Space: Spatial Perspectives in Chronic Disease Research and Practice

“…This is a time of great advances in the development and application of spatial statistics, spatial tools, spatially referenced data sets, and spatial data visualization -all of which enable public health professionals to more precisely understand and address existing inequities in chronic diseases. Many studies in this collection use state-of-the-art spatial statistics, including Bayesian spatial smoothing (10,11) and the spatial Durbin econometric model (3), along with other advanced spatial analytic techniques, such as hot spot analysis (12) and spatial scan statistics for spatial clustering (13), and trajectory analysis (14). Furthermore, the development of 2 spatial analysis tools is included in this collection -The Peel Walkability Composite Index (6) and the Rate Stabilizing Tool (RST) (11).…”

“…A key element in conducting geospatial studies is striking the balance between the presentation of local-level data at the smallest appropriate geographic unit and the limitations of generating robust estimates in the presence of small population sizes and numbers of health outcomes. The studies in this collection have all successfully navigated this tension and present data across multiple geographic levels (census tract [6,9,15,16], county [10,14,17,18], and locally meaningful definitions of neighborhood [8,12]) with results that are statistically reliable and meaningful to stakeholders. One study developed a spatial statistical approach to overcoming some of the limitations of data that are highly censored for confidentiality reasons, thereby enabling state and local health departments to generate small area estimates using publicly available data (10).…”

The Association between Comorbidities and Comorbid Injuries on Treatment Outcome in Pediatric and Elderly Patients with Injuries in Korea: An Observational Study

“…Accordingly, there has been an increase in the rate of hospitalization due to falls among older adults aged ≥65 years, which was 2336 per 100,000 as of 2013 in Korea [9]. In the U.S., the utilization rate of the emergency department (ED) among older adults aged ≥65 years is 458.6 per 10,000; further, the hospitalization and mortality rates were 130 per 10,000 and 5.4 per 10,000, respectively, which indicates that a considerable number of older adults die from falling [10,11]. As aforementioned, it is difficult for older adults to recover from injuries, with falls occurring frequently [12].…”

The Effect of Nursing Discharge Planning Program to Prevent Recurrent Falls, Readmission, and Length of Hospital Stay in the Aged Patients

“…1 One of the interventions that can be effective in preventing recurrence and readmission due to recurrence is the use of a discharge planning program. 9 A nursing discharge plan is a coordinated way to maintain care. 10 This program is a process that includes identification, evaluation, goal setting, design, implementation, coordination, and evaluation.…”

“…Because of the unfortunate consequences of this event, effective interventions are necessary to control the consequences of falls 1. One of the interventions that can be effective in preventing recurrence and readmission due to recurrence is the use of a discharge planning program 9. A nursing discharge plan is a coordinated way to maintain care 10.…”