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Hospital Use by Elderly Manitobans Resulting From An Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Evelyn Shapiro
Evelyn Shapiro
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba
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Abstract

The results of examining all hospitalizations of the elderly consequent to injury in one Canadian province indicate that 66.3% were for accidental falls and 21.3% were for “other accidents” and for adverse effects of therapeutic regimens. Nursing home residents were significantly more likely to be hospitalized for falls than community dwellers but very elderly institutionalized females, who comprise 40% of the nursing home population, used significantly fewer days than their community peers.

Résumé

Une étude menée dans une province canadienne visant à examiner toutes les hospitalisations de personnes âgées blessées indique que 66.3% de ces admissions sont dues à des chutes accidentelles tandis que 21.3% sont attribuées à “autres accidents” et à une réaction adverse à un régime thérapeutique. Les gens qui demeurent dans des centres d'accueil sont beaucoup plus susceptibles d'être hospitalisés pour chutes que les personnes qui demeurent dans la communauté. Pourtant la durée du séjour à l'hôpital chez les femmes très âgées, groupe représentant 40% de la population des centres d'accueil, est beaucoup moins longue que celle de leurs homologues dans la communauté.

Keywords

HospitalizationInjuryElderly
Type
Articles
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , Summer/Été 1988 , pp. 125 - 133
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1988

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