Incidence, costs and post-operative complications following ankle fracture - A US claims database analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The epidemiology and payer costs for ankle fractures are not well documented. This study evaluated: (1) the incidence of ankle fracture and ankle surgery following fracture in the US population; and (2) the clinical presentation of patients presenting with ankle fractures requiring surgery, their complication rates, and payer costs.

Methods

Patients in the IBM® MarketScan® Commercial and Medicare Supplemental databases with an inpatient/outpatient diagnosis of ankle fracture from 2016 to 2019 were stratified by age group and gender, and rates of fracture per 10,000 enrollees were estimated. Surgically-treated patients between January 2016 - October 2021 were further analyzed. One-year post-surgical outcomes evaluated complication rates (e.g., infection, residual p

SUBMITTER: Vanderkarr MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9791722 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature