Falls are the chief reason for hospital admission of older people.

For the most accurate result, the test was repeated within three hours after hospital admission.

For the older age groups men have a higher rate of hospital admission than women.

In 2004, there were a total of 177,478 hospital admissions.

The study was based on deaths within 30 days of hospital admission.

Benefits of control and reduced hospital admission have been reported.

It accounts for about 5% of hospital admissions in this population.

There were more than 100 hospital admissions from over 300 cases.

The very first pay hospital admission was a delivery case - a live female baby.

Only about one third of hospital admissions are from a waiting list.