Rate of Deadly Falls Has Doubled Since 2000
President Carter Suffers Broken Hip From Fall
(McKnightâs Senior Living) Nonfatal falls in assisted living facilities and other residential home settings account for over $29 billion in healthcare spending. This number account for nearly 12% of total healthcare costs in these environments. Those figures compare with $12.9 billion at hospitals (accounting for 4.4% of hospital expenditures), $10.8 billion related to physicians and other providers (5.7%), $2.1 billion related to prescription drugs (2%), and $0.4 billion for dentists (1.6%). These figures make fall prevention strategies imperative to initiating a substantial reduction in healthcare spending.