Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Demographic comparisons of patients with proximal humerus fractures that had ORIF or arthroplasty surgical interventions
Patient demographics | Surgical procedure | ||
|---|---|---|---|
ORIF | Arthroplasty | p value | |
Sample size | 662 | 68 | – |
Mean age (years) | 48.6 | 64.9 | < 0.001 |
Length of stay (days) | 7.86 | 7.44 | 0.833 |
Total charges | $76,998 | $64,133 | 0.360 |
Deyo index | 0.41 | 0.70 | 0.012 |
Gender | |||
Male | 57.9% | 30.5% | < 0.001 |
Female | 42.1% | 69.5% | |
Race | |||
White | 70.6% | 86.4% | 0.004 |
Black | 15.3% | 0% | |
Hispanic | 10.5% | 9.1% | |
Other | 3.6% | 4.5% | |
Insurance | |||
Private insurance | 33.0% | 19.7% | < 0.001 |
Medicare | 28.2% | 55.7% | |
Medicaid | 14.2% | 1.6% | |
Self-pay | 14.0% | 8.2% | |
No charge | 1.4% | 1.6% | |
Other | 9.3% | 13.1% | |