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Medicare Patients and Fractures Suffered in 2015

2 million Medicare patients suffered 2.3 Million fractures in 2015.

Medicare cost of osteopathic fractures. Milliman Research Report Web site. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c0860aff793924efe2230f3/t/5d76b949deb7e9086ee3d7dd/1568061771769/Medicare+Cost+of+Osteoporotic+Fractures+20190827.pdf. Published August 2019. Accessed October 9, 2019

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Title
Medicare cost of osteopathic fractures
Publication
Milliman Research Report
Publication Date
Published August 2019
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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

Osteoporosis

Americans at risk for osteoporosis

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

Prevalence & Incidence, Human Burden

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