The Incidence and Cost of Falls Injury Among Older People in New South Wales 2006/07
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Changing health resource demands for injury due to falls in an ageing population.
The population of New South Wales is ageing. Over the next 50 years low fertility rates, relatively low rates of inmigration of younger people, and the ageing of the post World War II ‘baby boom’ generation, will significantly increase the proportion of the population aged over 65. For many diseases, older people use health resources at a higher rate than younger people. Combined with the antic...
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تاریخ انتشار 2010