. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Mar 7;66(4):693–698. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15304

Table 2.

Nonfatal Falls Attributable Fraction of Expenditures and Associated Health Care Spending, by Payer, 2011 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey and 2015 National Health Expenditure Accounts

Payer	Attributable Fraction (95% CI)	Health Care Spending in billions (95% CI)
Medicare	6.0% (1.9%–10.0%)	$28.9 ($9.1 – $48.6)
Medicaid^a	8.0% (−2.0% – 18.0%)	$8.7 (−$2.1 – $19.4)
Private/out of pocket/other	5.0% (1.2% – 8.8%)	$12.0 ($2.5 – $21.6)
Total		$49.5 ($9.5 – $89.6 )

n=571. AF for Medicaid is statistically significantly different from zero at the 10% level.