caa a22 4500 445834161 CHVBK 20180317145325.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00586-011-1692-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00586-011-1692-y Comparison of inpatient treatment costs after balloon kyphoplasty and non-surgical treatment of vertebral body compression fractures [Elektronische Daten] [S. Becker, K. Pfeiffer, M. Ogon] We performed an analysis of following costs after primary conservative or operative treatment with balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) in osteoporotic vertebral fractures. Patients with primary osteoporotic vertebral fractures treated with BKP or conservatively from discharge year 2002-2005 were retrospectively assessed regarding the following hospital treatment in any hospital in Austria from 2002 to 2006. A statistical record linkage between the hospital data and the mortality registry of Statistic Austria was performed. The data search was restricted to ICD-10 and procedures according to the Austrian catalogue of procedures defined as "spine relevant”. Number of readmissions, length of hospital stay and DRG related costs were calculated for the surgical and conservative group separately. 324.5years (mean 2.93±1.40, conservative group) and 343.6 (mean 2.56±0.96, BKP group) of 110 conservative patients and 134 BKP patients were analyzed. There was no statistical difference of the mortality rate with 9 patients (6.7%, BKP) and 11 patients (9.9%, conservative). The number of readmissions was 1.62 times higher (P=0.039), the length of stay 1.09 times higher (P=0.046) in the conservative group. No difference in the DRG scores were found (P=0.11). In conclusion, patients with osteoporotic vertebral fractures showed in the following years after BKP fewer hospital readmissions and shorter hospital stays but no difference in DRG scores in comparison to conservatively treated patients. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Balloon kyphoplasty nationallicence Vertebral fracture nationallicence DRG nationallicence Inpatient treatment nationallicence Cost analysis nationallicence Becker S. Institute for Musculoskeletal Analysis, Research and Therapy, Piaristengasse 2-4, 1090, Vienna, Austria aut Pfeiffer K. Department for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria aut Ogon M. Spine Centre, Orthopaedic Hospital Vienna, Speising, Vienna, Austria aut European Spine Journal Springer-Verlag 20/8(2011-08-01), 1259-1264 0940-6719 20:8<1259 2011 20 586 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1692-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1692-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Becker S. Institute for Musculoskeletal Analysis, Research and Therapy, Piaristengasse 2-4, 1090, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pfeiffer K. Department for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ogon M. Spine Centre, Orthopaedic Hospital Vienna, Speising, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Spine Journal Springer-Verlag 20/8(2011-08-01), 1259-1264 0940-6719 20:8<1259 2011 20 586 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer