Medical expenditures for fragility hip fracture in Japan: a study using the nationwide health insurance claims database.

ABSTRACT: Using the nationwide health insurance claims database in Japan, we estimated total annual medical expenditures for fragility hip fracture across the population at 329.2 billion yen (2.99 billion US dollars). Long-term care expenditures were not included. Fragility hip fracture imposes a considerable health economic burden on society in Japan.

Purpose

Fragility hip fracture imposes a substantial health economic burden on society globally. We aimed to estimate medical expenditures for fragility hip fracture using the nationwide health insurance claims database in Japan.

Methods

We included adults aged 60 and over without prior hip fracture who were admitted for fragility hip fracture (i.e., femoral neck or extracapsular) between October 2014 and October 2015 (13 months). Fragil

SUBMITTER: Mori T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9001568 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature