Table of contents
- Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Summary
- Body section
- 1 Introduction
- This report
- 2 Fall injury incidence
- Age and sex
- Injury type
- Severity
- Geographical distribution
- 3 Circumstances of fall injury cases
- Place of occurrence
- Activity when fall occurred
- 4 The burden of injury due to falls
- Fall injury inward transfer separations
- Fall-related follow-up care separations
- ‘Other fall-related’ separations
- ‘Tendency to fall’ separations
- 5 Procedures
- Procedures listed in fall injury case separations
- Procedures listed in fall injury inward transfer separations
- Procedures listed in fall-related follow-up care separations
- Procedures listed in ‘other fall-related’ separations
- Procedures listed in ‘tendency to fall’ separations
- 6 Length of stay
- Fall injury case separations
- Fall injury transfer separations
- Fall-related follow-up care separations
- ‘Other fall-related’ and ‘tendency to fall’ separations
- All fall-related separations
- Total mean length of stay
- 7 Trends over time
- Trends: all cases
- Trends: hip fractures and other fractures
- Trends: body region
- Trends: external cause
- Trends: place of occurrence
- Trends: state or territory of usual residence
- Trends: remoteness of usual residence
- Trends: ‘other fall-related’ separations
- Trends: length of stay
- 8 Discussion
- Fall injuries and circumstances
- The burden of fall-related injury
- Trends for fall-related hospital care
- Potential for improved surveillance
- 1 Introduction
- End matter
- Appendix: Data issues
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Related publications