Table 6.
Utilization of healthcare services by fracture type (n=1,898a)
| Healthcare service used | New fracture at specific location | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Spineb (n=195) | Hip (n=134) | Non-hip non-spine (n=1,654) | Wrist/hand (n=419) | Arm/shoulder (n=197) | Pelvis (n=89) | Rib (n=252) | Leg (n=207) | Otherc (n=658) | |
| Office/clinic, n/n | 121/165 | 76/124 | 1,111/1,522 | 270/379 | 130/181 | 45/81 | 164/236 | 140/191 | 456/596 |
| (%) | (73) | (61) | (73) | (71) | (72) | (56) | (69) | (73) | (77) |
| Office/clinic only, n/n | 44/152 | 4/121 | 384/1,443 | 66/367 | 28/174 | 14/76 | 78/219 | 26/183 | 181/557 |
| (%) | (29) | (3.3) | (27) | (18) | (16) | (18) | (36) | (14) | (32) |
| Hospital, n/n | 101/165 | 117/127 | 1,045/1,511 | 313/389 | 149/184 | 60/78 | 104/225 | 163/193 | 371/579 |
| (%) | (61) | (92) | (69) | (80) | (81) | (77) | (46) | (84) | (64) |
| Overnight in hospital, n/n | 57/95 | 102/111 | 385/960 | 85/281 | 66/138 | 37/57 | 43/98 | 110/152 | 115/339 |
| (%) | (60) | (92) | (40) | (30) | (48) | (65) | (44) | (72) | (34) |
| Surgery, n/n | 29/99 | 103/116 | 348/998 | 114/296 | 49/141 | 16/59 | 16/98 | 105/154 | 107/355 |
| (%) | (29) | (89) | (35) | (39) | (35) | (27) | (16) | (68) | (30) |
| Rehabilitation center, n/n | 24/161 | 69/122 | 225/1,441 | 47/357 | 43/176 | 27/79 | 19/217 | 73/178 | 64/563 |
| (%) | (15) | (57) | (16) | (13) | (24) | (34) | (8.8) | (41) | (11) |
| Nursing home, n/n | 8/153 | 19/116 | 50/1,394 | 8/349 | 12/168 | 13/75 | 6/216 | 17/174 | 13/534 |
| (%) | (5.2) | (16) | (3.6) | (2.3) | (7.1) | (17) | (2.8) | (9.8) | (2.4) |
a
Some women did not have complete data on all healthcare utilization characteristics
b
Excluding neck fractures
c
Other fractures included ankle, foot, knee, clavicle, elbow, coccyx, sternum, neck