Table 3

Referral from AED to inpatient care units of fall-related attendance of subjects aged 0–19 from 2001 to 2012

Length of stay\year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Total AED cases	4789	4934	4156	5073	4960	5597	5706	5547	5341	5961	5870	5623
Referral to inpatients	4301	4125	3337	3389	3126	3184	2895	2733	2688	2463	2589	2668
Immediate discharge	488	809	819	1684	1834	2413	2811	2814	2653	3498	3281	2955
Average LOS (days)	2.14	2.31	2.17	2.23	2.21	2.14	2.22	2.26	2.12	2.14	2.14	2.04
Fracture
All fracture injuries	3135	3297	2943	3308	3184	3388	3191	2947	2902	2963	3025	2962
Referral to inpatients	2917	3025	2626	2668	2488	2479	2215	2055	2007	1798	1933	2028
Immediate discharge	218	272	317	640	696	909	976	892	895	1165	1092	934
Average LOS (days)	2.40	2.58	2.34	2.39	2.37	2.28	2.43	2.42	2.30	2.38	2.30	2.25
Non-fracture
All non-fracture injuries	1654	1637	1213	1765	1776	2209	2515	2600	2439	2998	2845	2661
Referral to inpatients	1384	1100	711	721	638	705	680	678	681	665	656	640
Immediate discharge	270	537	502	1044	1138	1504	1835	1922	1758	2333	2189	2021
Average LOS (days)	1.60	1.57	1.56	1.62	1.61	1.63	1.52	1.76	1.59	1.47	1.67	1.38