Health care costs of women with symptomatic vertebral fractures

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Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 383-386

  Puffer, Suezann ^a   Torgerson, David J ^a   Sykes, David ^b   Brown, Pam ^c   Cooper, Cyrus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c SA2 0GU   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Symptomatic vertebral fractures; Women

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; RALOXIFENE; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 3242700635     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2004.03.035     Document Type: Article

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