What is the average cost of a fall in the acute care setting?

Bottom line:  According to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in FY2008, the average cost for an inpatient fall with injuries was $33,894/hospital stay.

More details on costs of falls is available at CMS Proposes Additions to List of Hospital-acquired Conditions for Fiscal Year 2009 (See Table 1.)

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