Fragility fracture-related direct medical costs in the first year following a nonvertebral fracture in a managed care setting

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-258

  Ohsfeldt, Robert L ^a,b   Borisov, Natalie N ^c   Sheer, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Claims database analysis; Fracture related health care costs; Nonvertebral fracture; Retrospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 30144439033     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-005-1993-2     Document Type: Article

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