Hip Fracture Outcomes in People Age 50 and Over: Mortality, Service Use, Expenditures, and Long-Term Functional Impairment

摘要

This Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) background paper provides information about in-hospital treatment, in-hospital and long-term mortality, post-hospital and outpatient service use, and long-term functional impairment following a hip fracture. OTA's estimates of 1990 expenditures for in-hospital and post-hospital services for people with a hip fracture are presented and compared with other widely cited estimates of the cost of hip fractures. Some of the findings discussed in this document are being used in OTA's analysis of the costs and effectiveness of screening for osteoporosis for a report on that topic, which will be released in 1994. OTA is also using the findings, along with other information, to develop an estimate of the societal impact of osteoporosis for a report on policy issues in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, which will also be released in 1994.