Health Care Expenditures Associated with Skeletal Fractures Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999–2005
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 05/28/2009
Kilgore ML et al. - Fractures are associated with substantial increases in health services utilization and costs among Medicare beneficiaries, but significant proportions of those costs are not directly attributable to fracture treatment. Further research is needed to ascertain other health conditions that are driving costs for Medicare beneficiaries after fractures.






