Variables | Commercial | Medicare |
---|---|---|
Cohort of Patients with Only 1 Fracture Diagnosis at Time of Surgery | 29,187 (62.6%) | 2,070 (50.3%) |
Fracture of Lateral Malleolus of Fibula | 8,818 (30.2%) | 480 (23.2%) |
Bimalleolar Fracture of Lower Leg | 5,020 (17.2%) | 594 (28.7%) |
Trimalleolar Fracture of Lower Leg | 4,348 (14.9%) | 477 (23.0%) |
Other Fracture of Lower Leg | 4,174 (14.3%) | 211 (10.2%) |
Fracture of Medial Malleolus of Tibia | 3,079 (10.5%) | 161 (7.8%) |
Fracture of Lower End of Tibia | 2,741 (9.4%) | 116 (5.6%) |
Pilon Fracture of Tibia | 532 (1.8%) | 16 (0.8%) |
Maisonneuve’s Fracture of Leg | 475 (1.6%) | 15 (0.7%) |
Cohort of Patients with Multiple Ankle Fracture Diagnoses at Time of Surgery | 17,432 (37.4%) | 2,043 (49.7%) |
2 Diagnoses | 12,073 (25.9%) | 1,295 (31.5%) |
3 Diagnoses | 4,156 (8.9%) | 574 (14.0%) |
4 or more Diagnoses | 1,203 (2.6%) | 174 (4.2%) |