Minimising falls: unveiling the advantages of deprescribing fall risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) / Mohd Shah Reza Hamzah

Falls-related injuries among older people have led to increased healthcare costs [1, 2] due to a rise in emergency department visits, ward admissions, and long-term care facility admissions [3]. Treating falls-related injuries typically incurs significant medical expenses. As the population ages, the number of falls-related injuries and associated expenditures is projected to substantially increase. In 2015, estimated medical expenses for fatal and non-fatal falls among older people in the United States exceeded 50 billion dollars [1, 4, 5].