Epidemiology and the economic burden of traumatic fractures in China: A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

National data on the admission rate, distribution, in-hospital mortality, and economic burden of traumatic fractures in China is unclear. We aimed to conduct a cross-sectional population-based study to determine such above data at the national level in China.

Methods

A national administrative database was used to review all traumatic fracture hospitalizations in China during 2020, from which a total of 2,025,169 inpatients with traumatic fractures was retrieved. Admission rates and in-hospital mortality rates stratified by age, sex, and region were calculated. The causes of traumatic fracture and economic burden were described.

Results

The admission rate of traumatic fractures of all China population in 2020 was 1.437‰. The admission rate increased with age

SUBMITTER: Huang BX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9902367 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature