Incidence and Economic Burden of Intertrochanteric Fracture

There is limited information on current cost estimates associated with intertrochanteric hip fractures in the United States. The purpose of the present study was to estimate the incidence and economic burden of both intertrochanteric and all hip fracture types in the Medicare patient population to the U.S. health-care system.This retrospective database analysis of the 2014 Medicare database involved Standard Analytic File (SAF) 5% sample claims...