Isolating the cost of osteoporosis-related fracture for postmenopausal women: A population-based study

Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-29

  Martin, Bradley C ^a   Chisholm, Marie A ^a   Kotzan, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Economies; Elderly; Fracture; Medicaid; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GEORGIA; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL;

EID: 0035099576     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052766     Document Type: Article

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