Objective
As fall is a preventable geriatric syndrome,
early risk identification and appropriate management
should prevent future fall or reduce complication post
fall(1,7,8). Currently, the overall prevalence of fall-related
hospitalization that includes general hospitals, common
causes of fall, and consequences of fall at this level of
care are not yet known. Thus, the primary objective of
the present study was to identify the admission rates
of older patients with fall as the prevalence rate cannot
be identified from the current database. The secondary
objective was to identify the common causes of older
hospitalization due to fall-related injury, the impact of
fall in the context of mortality rate, length of hospital
stay and healthcare costs.