Retrospective database study to assess the economic impact of hip fracture in the United Kingdom
Autor: | Dimitra Lambrelli, Russel Burge, Mireia Raluy-Callado, Michael J. Schoenfeld, Shih-Yin Chen, Ning Wu |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Comorbidity Retrospective database Young Adult Epidemiology Health care medicine Humans Economic impact analysis Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Hip fracture Adult patients business.industry Hip Fractures Health Policy Medical record Health Services Middle Aged medicine.disease United Kingdom Surgery Hospitalization Emergency medicine Resource use Female Health Expenditures business |
Zdroj: | Journal of medical economics. 17(11) |
ISSN: | 1941-837X |
Popis: | Publications containing recent, real-world data on the economic impact of hip fractures in the UK are lacking. This retrospective electronic medical records database analysis assessed medication and healthcare resource use, direct healthcare costs, and factors predicting increased resource use and costs in adult UK hip fracture patients.Data were obtained from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink linked to the Hospital Episode Statistics for adult patients hospitalized for their first hip fracture between January 1, 2006 and March 31, 2011 (index event); healthcare costs were calculated from the National Health Service perspective using 2011-2012 cost data.Data from 8028 patients were analyzed. Resource use and costs were statistically significantly higher in the year following fracture (mean total [standard deviation (SD)] cost £7359 [£14,937]) compared with the year before fracture (mean total [SD] cost £3122 [£9435]; p 0.001), and were similar to the total amount of the index hospitalization (mean total [SD] cost £8330 [£2627]). Multivariate regression analysis (using an estimated generalized linear model) showed that older age, male gender, higher comorbidity, osteoporosis, discharge to another institution compared with home, and pre-index hospitalization and outpatient visits were associated with increased post-index hospitalization healthcare costs (all p 0.05).Although we did not capture all pre- and post-index costs and healthcare utilization, this study provides important insights regarding the characteristics of patients with hip fracture, and information that will be useful in burden-of-illness and economic analyses. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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