Femoral fractures in the elderly in Brasil - incidence, lethality, and costs (2008-2018).
Paula Antas Barbosa de VasconcelosAnderson de Jesus RochaRodrigo Jorge de Souza FonsecaThiago Rhangel Gomes TeixeiraEnilton de Santana Ribeiro de MattosAlex GuedesPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2021)
In the evaluated period (2008-2018), femoral fractures in the elderly had a high incidence (478,274 hospitalizations; 224.02 cases/100,000 elderly), a predominance of females (1.7F/1.0M), a higher absolute number of hospitalizations in the Southeast region and a higher incidence in the South region; the lethality was high (an increase of 17.46%; overall mean coefficient of 4.99%/year); and the costs for the SUS were huge (an increase of 126.24%; average annual expenditure of R$ 99,718,574.30).