Table 1:

Characteristics of sampled patients from Electronic Medical Record

Characteristic	N=521
Age in years, Mean (Standard deviation [SD])*	65.8 (11.3)
Age groups, n (%)*
< 55 years old	67 (12.9)
55 - 64 years old	171 (32.8)
65 - 74 years old	182 (34.9)
≥ 75 years old	99 (19.0)
Sex, Male n (%)	485 (93.0)
Race, n (%)
White	427 (81.9)
Black	76 (14.6)
Other†	18 (3.5)
Type 2 Diabetes, n (%)	469 (90.0)
Discharged Setting of Medical Care‡ n(%)
Outpatient	216 (41.4)
Emergency Department	200 (38.4)
Hospitalization/ Hospital transfer	88 (16.9)
Uncertain/ Not available	17 (3.3)
Primary reason for visit n(%)
Fracture follow-up care	68 (13.1)
Suspected fracture or confirmed new fracture	197 (37.8)
Injury	136 (26.1)
Other (visit with a pain complaint)	98 (18.8)
Unknown	22 (4.2)
Mechanism n (%)
Minimally traumatic, atraumatic, fall from same level (slip or trip), or overuse injury	212 (40.7)
Traumatic fall from mid height: bed, chair, toilet	12 (2.3)
Traumatic fall from great height: major trauma, car accident	116 (22.3)
Pathologic fracture	16 (3.0)
Unknown mechanism or circumstances (patient found down)	27 (5.2)
No fracture	138 (26.5)
Distribution of Codes
ICD 9	338 (64.9)
ICD 10	183 (35.1)

^*age not available in 2 charts

^†Race other includes patients who self report their race as unknown (n=12); American Indian (n=1); Hawaiian Pacific Islander (n=1) White non Hispanic (n=1) and Hispanic ethnicity (n=3)

^‡Includes patients who received majority of care in this setting. For example a patient seen in ED but admitted to hospital would be included in the Hospitalization group even if the first code for fracture validation appeared in the Emergency room