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Correlation Between Hip Fracture in Current Year and Chronic Conditions among Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries
| Alzheimers/Dementia | 0.09 |
| Arthritis | 0.05 |
| Cataracts | 0.03 |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | 0.05 |
| Congestive Heart Failure | 0.06 |
| Diabetes | 0.01 |
| Ever Heart Attack | 0.02 |
| Osteoporosis | 0.07 |
| Stroke | 0.05 |
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| N | 3,713,286 |
All correlations statistically significant at p < 0.01.
Source: 10% sample of Fee-for-Service enrollees, Medicare BASF 2004.
