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. 2012 Jun 27;24(2):659–669. doi: 10.1007/s00198-012-2034-6

Table 4.

Total and attributable direct health-care costs (2010 Canadian dollars) of hip fracture stratified by residence at baseline, second hip fracture, and survival

Cost stratification Females Males
%a Hip fracture mean ($) Non-hip fracture mean ($) Attributable mean ($) (95 % CI) %a Hip fracture mean ($) Non-hip fracture mean ($) Attributable mean ($) (95 % CI)
Residence status (cost year 1)
 LTC at baseline 100 48,723 37,510 11,213 (10,469, 11,986) 100 46,931 37,758 9,174 (7,365, 10,911)
 Community at baseline 100 53,187 9,258 43,930 (43,292, 44,560) 100 55,878 9,853 46,025 (44,821, 47,313)
 LTC at baseline—survived year 1b 78.4 59,015 41,474 17,541 (16,803, 18,218) 73.7 63,159 42,895 20,263(18,163, 22,577)
 Community baseline—survived year 1b 94.8 53,386 8,139 45,247 (44,548, 45,955) 93.9 56,750 8,184 48,566 (47,118, 50,174)
Second hip fracture
 Second hip fracture in year 1 (cost year 1) NA 85,614 14,992 70,621 (65,777, 76,063) NA 87,726 14,088 73,638 (60,853, 86,245)
 Second hip fracture in year 2 (cost year 2) NA 52,912 13,018 39,895 (36,459, 43,374) NA 63,939 11,481 52,458 (44,611, 60,923)
Survival statusb
 Survived year 1 (cost year 1) 96.3 54,218 13,069 41,149 (40,489, 41,774) 91.4 57,390 11,648 45,742 (44,257, 47,098)
 Survived year 1 (cost year 2) 96.3 22,983 13,966 9,017 (8,578, 9,471) 91.4 22,909 12,563 10,347 (9,417, 11,275)
 Survived year 2 (cost year 2) 80.1 22,019 12,467 9,552 (9,141, 10,004) 71.7 21,032 10,524 10,507 (9,514, 11,451)
 Died year 1 (cost year 1) 13.8 34,873 23,938 10,935 (8,347, 13,364) 15.2 40,216 25,765 14,451 (10,062, 18,826)
 Died year 2 (cost year 2) 10.5 23,696 23,470 226 (−4,297, 4,939) 11.2 26,806 26,336 469 (−5,073, 6,383)
 Died year 2 (cost year 1) 10.5 70,601 32,134 38,466 (36,376, 39,487) 11.2 72,568 26,336 46,232 (38,285, 47,503)

Attributable mean cost hip fracture cohort − mean cost non-hip fracture cohort, CI confidence interval, LTC long-term care, NA not applicable

aPercentage of hip fracture patients with a matched concordant pair

bCalculated only among concordant pairs who both survived or died in the given year