Findings from Brown University Reveals New Findings on Hip Fracture (Geographic Variation in Hip Fracture Among United States Long-Stay Nursing Home…

Findings from Brown University Reveals New Findings on Hip Fracture (Geographic Variation in Hip Fracture Among United States Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- A new study on Hip Fracture is now available. According to news reporting originating in Providence, Rhode Island, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Despite high rates of hip fracture among United States (US) nursing home (NH) residents, little is known about geographic variation in hip fracture incidence. We used nationally representative data to identify geographic variation in hip fracture among US NH residents."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Brown University, "Retrospective cohort study using Part A claims for a 100% of Medicare enrollees in 15,289 NHs linked to NH minimum data set and Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting databases. A total of 891,085 long-stay (continuous residence of >= 100 days) NH residents >= 65 years old. Medicare Part A claims documenting a hip fracture. Mean incidence rates of hip fracture for long-stay NH residents were calculated for each state and US Census Division from 2007 to 2010. The age-, sex-, and race-adjusted incidence rate of hip fracture ranged from 1.49 hip fractures/100 person-years (Hawaii) to 3.60 hip fractures/100 person-years (New Mexico), with a mean of 2.38 (standard deviation 0.43) hip fractures/100 person-years. The mean incidence of hip fracture was 1.7-fold greater in the highest quintile than the lowest. We observed modest US state and regional variation in hip fracture incidence among long-stay NH residents."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Future studies should assess whether state policies or NH characteristics explain the variation."

For more information on this research see: Geographic Variation in Hip Fracture Among United States Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2016;17(9):213-215. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Inc, 360 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-the-american-medical-directors-association/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting G. Banerjee, Brown University, Sch Public Hlth, Dept. of Epidemiol, Providence, RI 02912, United States. Additional authors for this research include A.R. Zullo, S.D. Berry, Y.J. Lee, K. McConeghy, D.P. Kiel and V. Mor.

Keywords for this news article include: Providence, Rhode Island, United States, North and Central America, Health Policy, Hip Fracture, Medicare, Brown University.

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