Summary of the growth of the US population fee for service Medicare beneficiaries and frequency of utilization of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures in the Medicare population from 2004 to 2014
| Vertebroplasty | Kyphoplasty | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | US total population in thousands (% elderly) | Medicare beneficiaries in thousands (% elderly) | Services | % Change from previous year | Rate* | % Change from previous year | Services | % Change from previous year | Rate* | % Change from previous year |
| 2004 | 292 892 (12.4) | 41 729 (84.7) | 31 032 | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2005 | 295 561 (12.4) | 42 496 (84.2) | 35 478 | 14 | 83 | 12.2 | – | – | – | – |
| 2006 | 299 395 (12.4) | 43 339 (83.8) | 35 716 | 1 | 82 | −1.2 | 54 657 | – | 126 | – |
| 2007 | 301 290 (12.6) | 44 263 (83.5) | 35 175 | −2 | 79 | −3.7 | 61 785 | 13 | 140 | 13.0 |
| 2008 | 304 056 (12.8) | 45 412 (83.4) | 36 745 | 4 | 81 | 2.5 | 63 348 | 3 | 139 | 2.5 |
| 2009 | 307 006 (12.9) | 45 801 (83.4) | 35 091 | −5 | 77 | −4.9 | 63 005 | −1 | 138 | −0.5 |
| 2010 | 308 746 (13.0) | 46 914 (83.1) | 28 949 | −18 | 62 | −19.5 | 57 890 | −8 | 123 | −8.1 |
| 2011 | 311 583 (13.3) | 48 300 (82.8) | 24 315 | −16 | 50 | −19.4 | 59 043 | 2 | 122 | 2.0 |
| 2012 | 313 874 (13.8) | 50 300 (83.3) | 18 764 | −23 | 37 | −26.0 | 61 165 | 4 | 122 | 3.6 |
| 2013 | 316 129 (14.1) | 51 900 (83.0) | 16 681 | −11 | 32 | −13.5 | 61 839 | 1 | 119 | 1.1 |
| 2014 | 318 892 (14.5) | 53 500 (83.4) | 14 732 | −12 | 28 | −12.5 | 60 656 | −2 | 113 | −1.9 |
| Change (%) | 9 | 28 | −53 | −63 | 11 | −10 | ||||
| GGR (%) | 0.9 | 2.5 | −7.2 | −9.5 | 1.3 | −1.3 | ||||
*Rate, per 100 000 fee for service Medicare beneficiaries; kyphoplasty data available from 2006.
GGR, geometric growth rate.