Second fractures among older adults in the year following hip, shoulder, or wrist fracture.

ABSTRACT:

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We report on second fracture occurrence in the year following a hip, shoulder or wrist fracture using insurance claims. Among 273,330 people, 4.3 % had a second fracture; risk did not differ by first fracture type. Estimated adjusted second fracture probabilities may facilitate population-based evaluation of secondary fracture prevention strategies.

Introduction

The purpose of this study was estimate second fracture risk for the older US population in the year following a hip, shoulder, or wrist fracture.

Methods

Observational cohort study of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with an index hip, shoulder, or wrist fragility fracture in 2009. Time-to-event analyses using Cox proportional hazards models to characterize the relationship between index fract

SUBMITTER: Bynum JPW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5008031 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature