Economic Analysis of Falls in a Private Hospital in Southern Brazil-A Case-Control Study.

Introduction: In-hospital falls represent significant health and economic concerns, but previous studies regarding the economic cost of falls do not account for other cofounders (comorbidities and clinical aspects) in this cost evaluation.

Aim: The aim of this study is to analyse the cost of in-hospital falls comparing those who had falls to nonfalls patients while accounting for several risk factors associated with falls.

Methods: Data were collected from January 2020 to December 2022, in a private hospital in Brazil.