Characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries and epidural procedures excluding percutaneous adhesiolysis, continuous epidurals and neurolytic epidurals.
| US population | Medicare beneficiaries | Epidural services* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥65 years (,000) | |||||||||||
| Total population (,000) | Number | Per cent | Number (,000) | Per cent to US population | ≥65 years (,000) (%) | <65 years (,000) % | Services* | Per cent of change from previous year | Per 100 000 Medicare FFS enrollees | Per cent of change from previous year | |
| Y2000 | 282 172 | 35 077 | 12.4 | 39 632 | 14.0 | 34 262 (86.5%) | 5370 (13.5%) | 839 474 (80%) | NA | 2118 | – |
| Y2001 | 285 040 | 35 332 | 12.4 | 40 045 | 14.0 | 34 478 (86.1%) | 5567 (13.9%) | 989 034 (78%) | 17.8 | 2470 | 16.6 |
| Y2002 | 288 369 | 35 605 | 12.3 | 40 503 | 14.0 | 34 698 (85.7%) | 5805 (14.3%) | 1 172 248 (74%) | 18.5 | 2894 | 17.2 |
| Y2003 | 290 211 | 35 952 | 12.4 | 41 126 | 14.2 | 35 050 (85.2%) | 6078 (14.8%) | 1 342 829 (71%) | 14.6 | 3265 | 12.8 |
| Y2004 | 292 892 | 36 302 | 12.4 | 41 729 | 14.2 | 35 328 (84.7%) | 6402 (15.3%) | 1 611 887 (65%) | 20.0 | 3863 | 18.3 |
| Y2005 | 295 561 | 36 752 | 12.4 | 42 496 | 14.4 | 35 777 (84.2%) | 6723 (15.8%) | 1 747 771 (65%) | 8.4 | 4113 | 6.5 |
| Y2006 | 299 395 | 37 264 | 12.4 | 43 339 | 14.5 | 36 317 (83.8%) | 7022 (16.2%) | 1 844 182 (63%) | 5.5 | 4255 | 3.5 |
| Y2007 | 301 290 | 37 942 | 12.6 | 44 263 | 14.7 | 36 966 (83.5%) | 7297 (16.5%) | 1 915 227 (62%) | 3.9 | 4327 | 1.7 |
| Y2008 | 304 056 | 38 870 | 12.8 | 45 412 | 14.9 | 37 896 (83.4%) | 7516 (16.6%) | 2 017 132 (61%) | 5.3 | 4442 | 2.7 |
| Y2009 | 307 006 | 39 570 | 12.9 | 45 801 | 14.9 | 38 177 (83.4%) | 7624 (16.6%) | 2 112 511 (59%) | 4.7 | 4612 | 3.8 |
| Y2010 | 308 746 | 40 268 | 13.0 | 46 914 | 15.2 | 38 991 (83.1%) | 7923 (16.9%) | 2 205 307 (57%) | 4.4 | 4701 | 1.9 |
| Y2011 | 311 583 | 41 370 | 13.3 | 48 300 | 15.5 | 40 000 (82.8%) | 8300 (17.2%) | 2 289 213 (58%) | 3.8 | 4740 | 0.8 |
| Y2012 | 313 874 | 43 144 | 13.8 | 50 300 | 16.0 | 41 900 (83.3%) | 8500 (16.9%) | 2 304 993 (58%) | 0.7 | 4582 | −3.3 |
| Y2013 | 316 129 | 44 704 | 14.1 | 51 900 | 16.4 | 43 100 (83.0%) | 8800 (17.0%) | 2 259 887 (58%) | −2.0 | 4354 | −5.0 |
| Y2014 | 318 892 | 46 179 | 14.5 | 53 500 | 16.8 | 44 600 (83.4%) | 8900 (16.5%) | 2 255 668 (57%) | −0.2 | 4216 | −3.2 |
| Per cent change from 2000 to 2014 | 13.0 | 31.7 | 16.8 | 35.0 | 19.8 | 30.2 | 65.7 | 168.7 | – | 99.0 | |
| Geometric average change %) | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 7.3 | – | 5.0 | |||
*Epidural services=62310—cervical/thoracic interlaminar epidural injections; 62311—lumbar/sacral interlaminar epidural injections; 64479—cervical/thoracic transforaminal epidural injections; 64480—cervical/thoracic transforaminal epidural injections add-on; 64483—lumbar/sacral transforaminal epidural injections; 64484—lumbar/sacral transforaminal epidural injections add-on.