Fall risk increasing drugs and injuries of the frail elderly — evidence from administrative data

As recurrent injuries are common, the analysis of the number of injuries rather than just the probability of having an injury provides a more informative analysis of FRIDs. According to the empirical results, antidepressants, anxiolytics, hypnotics and sedatives, antiarrhythmics as well as drugs from the Priscus-list should be prescribed carefully, because these drugs are positively correlated with the incidence of injuries.