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Americans at risk for osteoporosis

54 million Americans age 50 and over either already have or are at risk of osteoporosis.

Hansen D, Bazell C, Pelizzari P, Pyenson B. Medicare Cost of Osteoporotic Fractures. Milliman Research Report. 2019; https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c0860aff793924efe2230f3/t/5d76b949deb7e9086ee3d7dd/1568061771769/Medicare+Cost+of+Osteoporotic+Fractures+20190827.pdf

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Title
Medicare Cost of Osteoporotic Fractures
Publication
Milliman Research Report
Publication Date
2019
Authors
Hansen D, Bazell C, Pelizzari P, Pyenson B
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Categories

  • Cost of Disease
  • Prevalence & Incidence
  • Human Burden

Connected Facts

Osteoporosis

Reducing secondary bone fractures can reduce medicare spending

Reducing 5-20 percent of “secondary” bone fractures in 2015 could have reduced Medicare FFS spending by $310 million to $1.2 billion over a follow-up period that lasted up to 2 to 3 years after a new osteoporotic fracture.

Cost of Disease, Economic Value

Osteoporosis

New osteoporotic fractures, mobidity, and mortality

Over 40% of Medicare FFS beneficiaries with a new osteoporotic fracture were hospitalized within a week after their fracture and nearly 20% died within 12 months following a new osteoporotic fracture.

Human Burden, Life Expectancy
Medicare Patients and Fractures Suffered in 2015

2 million Medicare patients suffered 2.3 Million fractures in 2015.

Prevalence & Incidence, Human Burden

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  • In 2006, close to 90% of all hopsital stays involving an injury likely due to osteoporosis occurred among patients 65 years and older; 37% occurred among patients 85 and older.  
  • In 2006, injurious osteoporosis hospital stays averaged $900 more in hospital costs than all stays noting an osteoporosis diagnosis ($9,600 versus $8,700) and had a longer length of stay (5.5…  
  • By 2025, annual direct costs from osteoporosis are estimated to rise to around $25.3 billion.  
  • The 1-year morality after a hip fracture increases from 20% in individuals younger than 70 years, to close to 40% in those between 80 and 89.9 years old.  
  • In 2006, injuries were recorded in 1/4 of all hospital patients with an osteoporosis diagnosis. Pathological fractures (i.e. spontaneous and stress fractures), hip fractures, and fractures of the ribs, vertebrae…