Skip to main content

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 %

  1. a Standardized episodes refer to number of episodes per 1000 person-years, since total episodes do not reflect the difference in person-years among medical groups
  2. b These rows are hierarchical and mutually exclusive, with the highest level of care experienced in the category coming first