TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Hip fracture incidence and mortality in New England
JO  - Epidemiology
A1  - Fisher, E. S.
A1  - Baron, J. A.
A1  - Malenka, D. J.
A1  - Barrett, J. A.
A1  - Kniffin, W. D.
A1  - Whaley, F. S.
A1  - Bubolz, T. A.
SP  - 116
EP  - 122
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - We used Medicare data to conduct a population-based study of osteoporotic hip fracture incidence and outcomes among New England residents. To reduce bias and improve data reliability, we combined data from multiple files; we found that 6% of cases would have been missed had we relied on hospital claims alone. Hip fracture incidence (per 1,000 person-years) increased for white females from 2.2 for ages 65-69 to 31.8 for ages 90-94 and for white males from 0.9 for ages 65-69 to 20.8 for ages 90-94. Incidence among blacks was lower in all age/sex groups. The female/male relative risk was greater among whites than among blacks. Case fatality following hip fracture was 12.5% at 90 days and 23.7% at 1 year and was higher among males, older patients, and those who had documented comorbidity or who were residents of nursing homes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1044-3983
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -