Claims-based Identification Methods and the Cost of Fall-related Injuries Among US Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Compare expenditures of fall-related injuries (FRIs) using several methods to identify FRIs in administrative claims data.

Research design

Using 2007-2009 Medicare claims and 2008 Health and Retirement Survey data, FRIs were identified using external-cause-of-injury (e-codes 880/881/882/884/885/888) only, e-codes plus a broad set of primary diagnosis codes, and a newer approach using e-codes and diagnostic and procedural codes. Linear regression models adjusted for sociodemographic, health, and geographic characteristics were used to estimate per-FRI, service component, patient cost share, expenditures by type of initial FRI treatment (inpatient, emergency department only, outpatient), and total annual FRI-related Medicare expenditures.

Subjects

The analysi

SUBMITTER: Hoffman GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4907826 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature