Table 2.
Mortality, Major Medical Complications, and Resource Utilization.
| No. (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n = 115 851) |
Augmented (n = 10 541) |
HR or OR (95% CI) |
P Value |
|
| Death | ||||
| 30 days | 1754 (1.5) | 39 (0.4) | 0.29 (0.20–0.41) | <.001 |
| 1 year | 7768 (6.7) | 546 (5.2) | 0.83 (0.75–0.92) | <.001 |
| Major medical complication | ||||
| 30 days | 12 057 (10.4) | 975 (9.3) | 0.85 (0.79–0.92) | <.001 |
| 1 year | 33 497 (28.9) | 3051 (28.9) | 1.00 (0.95–1.04) | .90 |
| Healthcare utilization (1 year) | ||||
| Hospitalizationa | 55 164 (47.6) | 6324 (60.0) | 1.37 (1.30–1.44) | <.001 |
| ICU admission | 13 247 (11.4) | 1470 (13.9) | 1.14 (1.06–1.21) | <.001 |
| SNF discharge | 19 819 (17.1) | 2284 (21.7) | 1.16 (1.10–1.23) | <.001 |
| Wrist fracture | 2387 (2.1) | 194 (1.8) | 0.90 (0.76–1.07) | .23 |
| Hip fracture | 7664 (6.6) | 677 (6.4) | 0.96 (0.87–1.05) | .37 |
| No Procedure (30 days) |
Control (n = 115 851) |
Pre-Procedureb (n = 3023) |
||
| Major medical complications | 12 057 (10.4) | 199 (6.6) | 0.66 (0.57–0.78) | <.001 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; ICU, Intensive care unit; OR, Odds ratio; SNF, skilled nursing facility.
a
Hospitalizations after vertebral fracture diagnosis and excluding hospitalization at the time of spinal augmentation procedure.
b
Pre-procedure subgroup includes patients from the augmented group who had not yet undergone spinal augmentation at 30 days.