The Shockingly High Cost of Senior Falls: It’s More Expensive Than Gun Violence
The Shockingly High Cost of Senior Falls: It’s More Expensive Than Gun Violence Hey friend, did you hear about this crazy study? It totally flipped my perspective on public health costs in the US. It turns out that fatal falls among older adults (45-85+) are actually *more* expensive than deaths from firearms, at least in terms of direct medical costs. Researchers looked at data from 2015-2020, crunching numbers from the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS). They compared…