First Fall-Related Injuries Requiring Hospitalization Increase the Risk of Recurrent Injurious Falls: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan

• Carlos Lam,

  Affiliations Emergency Department, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jiunn-Horng Kang,

  Affiliations Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hsiao-Yu Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hung-Chang Huang,

  Affiliation Division of Acute Care Surgery and Traumatology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chia-Chieh Wu,

  Affiliation Emergency Department, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ping-Ling Chen

  * E-mail: plchen@tmu.edu.tw

  Affiliation Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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