Table 2.
All-Cause Health Care Cost (Dollars) by Second Fracture Status (12-Month Follow-up).a
| All-cause health care costs |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second fracture, n = 32 243b |
Without second fracture, n = 487 333c |
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| n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | |
| 12-Month follow-up | ||||
| Total medical costs | 32 243 | 74 279 (54 770) | 487 328 | 41 028 (42 858) |
| Carrier | 32 243 | 11 090 (8445) | 487 244 | 6981 (6623) |
| Durable medical equipment | 23 657 | 1163 (2663) | 307 310 | 1034 (2784) |
| Home health | 20 616 | 7939 (5809) | 214 033 | 6520 (5230) |
| Hospice | 2062 | 15 143 (14 935) | 18 501 | 21 881 (18 575) |
| Inpatient | 26 866 | 32 972 (30 824) | 303 983 | 23 166 (26 207) |
| Outpatient | 31 206 | 5940 (7824) | 449 882 | 4137 (6471) |
| Skilled nursing facility | 20 625 | 36 063 (24 594) | 196 348 | 28 376 (20 255) |
| Pharmacy costs | 32 088 | 3878 (4975) | 481 688 | 3539 (5229) |
| Total medical + pharmacy costs | 32 243 | 78 138 (55 335) | 487 333 | 44 525 (43 732) |
a
Costs are adjusted for inflation using the medical component of the consumer price index for 2015.
b
Second fracture group includes patients who had a second fracture within 9 months of follow-up.
c
Without second fracture group includes patients who did not have a second fracture within 12 months of follow-up.