Falls Among Elderly Cost $50 Billion Annually
From the Everyday Health website
Falls by older Americans have devastating medical and economic consequences, reaching $50 billion a year, a new study finds.
“Falls among men and women 65 and older are a common, costly and growing public health problem,” said lead researcher Curtis Florence, a health economist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And as American “baby boomers” continue to age, strategies for keeping them fracture-free will become increasingly important, he said.
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