title: Cost induced by hip fractures.
abstract: Hip fracture is the most common fracture in the elderly population. Treating hip fractures is a major burden on the Irish Health system. There is no recent Republic of Ireland study detailing hospital costs for such injuries. A comprehensive analysis of 143 patients admitted with a hip fracture was performed to determine current medical expenditure incurred during acute hospitalization for hip fractures during 2005 in a major university hospital. Costs associated with surgery (implant & theatre costs), laboratory, radiology, physiotherapy and ward were calculated on individual basis. All the hip fractures were above 60 years of age (mean 82 years); average stay in the hospital was 11 days. The mean total hospital expenditure per patient was Euro 9236.01 of which ward costs contributed 55.33%, operative costs 39.82% and investigations 4.83%. The result clearly show that hip fractures have a major economic impact arising from the inpatient treatment, most of which relate to length of hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin. armughanazhar@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azhar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dudeney
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hurson
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Quinlan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000191:economics* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects