Table 4 Rate of prophylactic fixation in the Medicare population with skeletal metastases per 10,000
From: The burden of metastatic disease of the femur on the Medicare system
Year | <65 group | 65+ group | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
2005 | 84.85 | 95.84 | 94.60 |
2006 | 96.69 | 100.96 | 100.47 |
2007 | 93.67 | 100.82 | 100.00 |
2008 | 107.80 | 95.06 | 96.60 |
2009 | 89.92 | 92.70 | 92.36 |
2010 | 89.76 | 81.82 | 82.83 |
2011 | 84.23 | 81.47 | 81.83 |
2012 | 89.78 | 81.65 | 82.72 |
r2 | 0.05 | 0.78 | 0.74 |
p value | 0.60 | 0.004 | 0.006 |
Co (LCL; UCL) | −0.68 (−3.69; 2.32) | −3.05 (−4.67; −1.43) | −2.76 (−4.41; −1.12) |