Injury-Related Emergency Department Presentations Among Residential Aged Care Residents in Victoria, Australia.

Objective: This study aimed to quantify and describe the characteristics of emergency department (ED) injury presentations and subsequent hospital admissions among residents of residential aged-care facilities (RACFs) in Victoria, Australia between 2008 and 2018.

Methods: This study comprised a single jurisdiction population-based study of consecutive injury-related ED presentations of RACFs residents using the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD).

Results: The rate of ED injury presentations per 100,000 population decreased by .