Hip fracture in older adults: prevalence and costs in two hospitals. Tabasco. México. 2009

Authors

  • Elsy del Carmen Quevedo-Tejero División Académica de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. México. Médico, Maestra en Geriatría.
  • Marco Antonio Zavala-González División Académica de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. México. Médico, Maestro en Educación.
  • Arianna del Carmen Hernández-Gamas División Académica de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. México. Estudiante de Medicina Humana.
  • Hilda María Hernández-Ortega División Académica de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. México. Estudiante de Medicina Humana.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2011.283.521

Keywords:

Elderly, Hip fractures, Epidemiology, descriptive, Retrospective studies, Costs and cost analysis

Abstract

Objectives. To determine hip fracture prevalence and direct healthcare costs in elderly users of the reference hospitals of the Mexican Institute of Social Insurance (IMSS by spanish initials) and Mexican Oils (PEMEX by spanish initials), from Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, during 2009. Materials and methods. This is a cross-sectional study. The information was based on the registers of surgical interventions and institutional reports of the elderly inpatients who had a registered attention in their institution. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed considering the following variables: age, gender, hip fracture type, occurrence month, direct healthcare cost. Results. Out of 10,765 records of hospitalized elderly, 57 hip fracture cases were found (33 in the IMSS and 24 in PEMEX). Hip fracture prevalence was 0.5%, (IMSS 1.1% and PEMEX 0.3%), being more frequent in women and older than 69. The most frequent fracture type was the femur neck one (78.9%). The estimated cost of healthcare in the hospital per patient was USD 5,803 in the IMSS and USD 11,800 in PEMEX. Conclusions. The hip fracture prevalence was higher in the IMSS users. Estimated healthcare costs per patient were higher than the reported in other institutions of the of the mexican health national system.

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2011-09-30

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Quevedo-Tejero E del C, Zavala-González MA, Hernández-Gamas A del C, Hernández-Ortega HM. Hip fracture in older adults: prevalence and costs in two hospitals. Tabasco. México. 2009. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];28(3). Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/521

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