Half the burden of fragility fractures in the community occur in women without osteoporosis. When is fracture prevention cost-effective?

Bone

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 694-700

  Sanders, Kerrie M ^a   Nicholson, Geoffrey C ^a   Watts, Jennifer J ^b   Pasco, Julie A ^a   Henry, Margaret J ^a   Kotowicz, Mark A ^a   Seeman, Ego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti resorptive drugs; Cost effectiveness; Epidemiology; Osteoporosis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BONE DENSITY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG TARGETING; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 33646076725     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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