Table 3 Average duration and cost per episode of care, by types of healthcare services and injuries
From: Development of an algorithm to identify fall-related injuries and costs in Medicare data
Duration (days) b | Cost (2009) b | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Total | ED | In. | SNF | Total | Attributable |
Total | 17 | 1 | 2 | 5 | $9,209 | $6,159 |
Episodes by healthcare services a | ||||||
Inpatient or SNF stay | 31 | 1 | 6 | 13 | $20,126 | $13,754 |
ED visit or ED-related visit | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,134 | $508 |
Non-ED outpatient visit only | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $745 | $471 |
Episodes by injury a | ||||||
Hip fracture | 43 | 1 | 8 | 21 | $29,939 | $23,152 |
Non-hip fracture | 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | $6,843 | $4,361 |
Non-fracture injury | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $3,171 | $1,104 |