This study provides an updated annual estimate of the economic burden of hip fractures, specifically intertrochanteric fractures, in the Medicare population.
The present study provides a comprehensive and updated annual estimate of the economic burden of all hip fracture types and estimates the economic burden of intertrochanteric hip fractures in the Medicare population; to our knowledge, prior availability of this information in the literature is limited.
Adeyemi et al. (Wed,) studied this question.