Fall injuries, associated deaths, and 30-day readmission for subsequent falls are increasing in the elderly US population: a query of the WHO mortality database and National Readmission Database from 2010 to 2014

Colette Galet1 Acute Care Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Iowa City, IA, USA, [email protected]

Yunshu Zhou2 Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

Patrick Ten Eyck2 Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

Kathleen S Romanowski1 Acute Care Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Iowa City, IA, USA, [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]

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