Table 3.

Non-fatal falls-attributable fraction of expenditures and associated healthcare spending according to type of service: 2017, 2019 and 2021 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey and 2020 National Health Expenditure Accounts, USA

Service type	Attributable fraction, % (95% CI)	Healthcare spending, billion $ (95% CI)
Hospital	14.4 (9.1 to 19.6)	50.8 (32.3 to 69.3)
Physician/other provider	7.3 (4.7 to 9.9)	19.0 (12.2 to 25.7)
Dental	4.2 (0.4 to 8.0)	1.4 (0.1 to 2.7)
Prescription drugs	0.2 (−5.3 to 5.6)	0.2 (−6.4 to 6.8)
Other*	19.7 (12.8 to 26.7)	33.2 (38.5 to 80.3)
Total		104.6 (76.8 to 184.8)

^*Includes other health, residential and personal care; home healthcare; durable medical equipment; other non-durable medical product.