Table 1 Episodes of care by types of healthcare services setting and injuries involved
From: Development of an algorithm to identify fall-related injuries and costs in Medicare data
Medical group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | B | C | D | E | Total | |
Total patients | 1018 | 304 | 276 | 350 | 63 | 2011 |
Total episodes | 676 | 209 | 105 | 130 | 42 | 1162 |
Standardized episodes (per 1000 person-years) a | 156 | 189 | 121 | 88 | 147 | 144 |
Proportion of episodes, by healthcare services b | ||||||
Inpatient or SNF stay (Inp. / SNF) | 39 % | 52 % | 36 % | 49 % | 43 % | 43 % |
ED visit or ED-related visit (ED) | 52 % | 41 % | 54 % | 42 % | 55 % | 49 % |
Non-ED outpatient visit only (Out.) | 9 % | 7 % | 10 % | 9 % | 2 % | 8 % |
Proportion of episodes, by injury b | ||||||
Hip fracture | 17 % | 20 % | 19 % | 16 % | 19 % | 18 % |
Non-hip fracture | 32 % | 39 % | 30 % | 52 % | 33 % | 35 % |
Non-fracture injury | 51 % | 41 % | 51 % | 32 % | 48 % | 47 % |