Variations in Treatment and Costs for Distal Radius Fractures in Patients Over 55 Years of Age: A Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: Objective  To evaluate the rate of surgery for symptomatic malunion after nonoperatively treated distal radius fractures in patients aged 55 and above, and to secondarily report differences in demographics, geographical variation, and utilization costs of patients requiring subsequent malunion correction. Methods  We identified patients aged 55 and above who underwent nonoperative treatment for a distal radius fracture between 2007 and 2016 using the IBM MarketScan database. In the nonoperative cohort, we identified patients who underwent malunion correction between 3 months and 1 year after distal radius fracture. The primary outcome was rate of malunion correction. Multivariable logistic regression controlling for sex, region, and Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI) was used

SUBMITTER: Shapiro LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10751197 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature