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. 2012 Jun 27;2:12. doi: 10.1186/2191-1991-2-12

Table 2.

Number of fractures, number and costs of bed days, visits, medical and non-medical services

  Hip
Forearm
Humerus
Clinical vertebral
Rib
Total          
m f m f m f f m f m
Fractures
                     
Cases primarily treated in an inpatient setting
3,415
11,456
878
3,111
770
2,711
1,193
2,355
1,590
1,365
28,844
Cases primarily treated in an outpatient setting
0
0
4,390
15,555
1,348
4,744
11,930
23,550
15,900
13,650
91,067
Cases treated
3,415
11,456
5,268
18,666
2,118
7,455
13,123
25,905
17,490
15,015
119,911
Bed days
                     
Mean bed days per case
16.6
14.8
3.7
4.9
5.21
71
5.21
71
5.21
71
7,7
Total bed days
56,689
169,549
3,249
15,244
4,004
18,977
6,202
16,482
8,268
9,555
308,219
Costs total (€)2
33,559,888
100,373,008
1,923,408
9,024,448
2,370,368
11,234,384
3,671,584
9,757,344
4,894,659
5,656,560
182,465,648
Visits
                     
Mean number of visits to private practice offices
1.67
2.57
0.33
0.85
0.53
1.82
2.20
2.87
2.20
2.87
1.79
Total number of visits to private practice offices
5,703
29,442
1,738
15,866
1,123
13,568
28,871
74,347
38,478
43,093
252,229
Costs of visits to private practice offices (€)3
416,889.3
2,152,210.2
127,047.8
1,159,804.6
82,091.3
991,820.8
2,110,470.1
5,434,765.7
2,812,741.8
3,150,098.3
18,437,939.9
Mean number of visits to hospital outpatient clinics
1.59
1.27
5.83
5.15
1.47
1.71
2.40
1.71
2.40
1.71
2,52
Total number of visits to hospital outpatient clinics
5,430
14,549
30,712
96,130
3,113
12,748
31,495
44,298
41,976
25,676
306,127
Costs of visits to hospital outpatient clinics (€)4
290,776.5
779,098.95
1,644,627.6
5,147,761.5
166,701.15
682,655.4
1,686,557.25
2,372,157.9
2,247,814.8
1,374,949.8
16,393,100.85
Other medical and non-medical services
                     
Physical therapy (mean number of sessions per case)
15.88
14.03
4.17
13.09
25.13
19.98
8.45
8.22
8.45
8.22
12.56
Physical therapy (total number of sessions)
54,230
160,728
21,968
244,338
53,225
148,951
110,889
212,939
147,791
123,423
1,278,482
Costs of physical therapy (€)5
1,626,900
4,821,840
659,040
7,330,140
1,596,750
4,468,530
3,326,670
6,388,170
4,433,730
3,702,690
38,354,460
X-rays b (mean number per case)
2.18
2.,17
3.5
4.2
1.33
2.08
2.5
1.96
2.5
1.96
2.43
X-rays (total number)
7,445
24,860
18,438
78,397
2,817
15,506
32,808
50,774
43,725
29,429
304,199
Costs of X-rays (€)6
598,578
1,998,744
1,482,415
6,303,118
226,486.8
1,246,682.4
2,637,763
4,082,229
3,515,490
2,366,091
24,457,599
BMD Measurement7
1,059
3,551
1,633
5,787
657
2,311
4,068
8,030
5,422
4,655
37,173
Cost of BMD measurement (€)8
37,065
124,285
57,155
202,545
22,995
80,885
142,380
281,050
189,770
162,925
1,301,055
Transportation (mean number of units per case)
0.73
0.78
---
0.89
---
0.1
0.55
0.37
0.55
0.37
0.43
Transportation (total number of units)
2,493
8,936
---
16,613
---
746
7,218
9,585
9,620
5,556
60,767
Cost of transportation (€)9 142,101 509,352 --- 946,941 --- 42,522 411,426 546,345 548,340 316,692 3,463,719

1 mean values for ICD-10 codes S10-S51, S53-S71, S73-S81.

2 Cost per bed day = € 592.

3 Cost per visit to private practice office (specialist) = € 73.10.

4 Cost per visit to hospital outpatient clinics (speacialist) = € 53.55.

5 Cost per session of physical therapy = € 30.

6 Cost per unit (i.e. X-ray) = € 80.40.

7 In average, 31% of Austrian patients received BMD measurment within first year after fracture (ICUROS-Austria).

8 Cost per BMD measurement (spine and hip).

9 Average cost per unit (i.e. per ride, as invoiced by a typical Ambulance service) = € 57.00.