Resource Utilization in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Without Incident Fractures

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 938-942

  Kowalski, Sérgio Candido ^a   Sjenzfeld, Vera Lúcia ^b   Ferraz, Marcos Bosi ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Costs; Osteoporosis; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; ETIDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARTILAGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHARK CARTILAGE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2342448526     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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