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Table 3 Medicare inpatient population that had their femurs prophylactically fixated

From: The burden of metastatic disease of the femur on the Medicare system

Year

Men <65

Women <65

<65 group

Men 65+

Women 65+

65+ group

Total

2005

47

80

127

507

619

1126

1253

2006

59

89

148

515

687

1202

1350

2007

57

91

148

538

689

1227

1375

2008

61

106

167

490

585

1075

1242

2009

57

97

154

474

651

1125

1279

2010

48

115

163

467

548

1015

1178

2011

60

106

166

478

578

1056

1222

2012

64

121

185

491

613

1104

1289

2013a

1372

2014a

1364

r2

0.20

0.84

0.80

0.42

0.29

0.36

0.02

p value

0.27

0.001

0.003

0.08

0.17

0.11

0.68

Co (LCL; UCL)

1.11 (−1.11; 3.32)

5.18 (2.89; 7.46)

6.29 (3.16; 9.41)

−6.26 (−13.66; 1.13)

−11.24 (−28.89; 6.42)

−17.50 (−40.70; 5.70)

3.41 (−15.20; 22.01)

  1. aData collected from CPT codes from the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) DataManager Online from the American Medical Association
  2. Italic values indicate statistically significance at p < 0.05