The impact of fewer hip fractures with risedronate versus alendronate in the first year of treatment: Modeled German cost-effectiveness analysis

Value in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-54

  Thompson, Melissa ^a   Pasquale, Margaret ^b   Grima, Daniel ^a   Moehrke, Werner ^c   Kruse, Hans Peter ^d  

^a Department of Data Analytics and Evidence Synthesis   (Canada)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^d Osteoporosezentrum Hamburg Neuer Wall   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bisphosphonate; Cost effectiveness; Cost utility; Hip fracture; Markov chains model; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; RISEDRONIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INSURANCE;

EID: 72949112237     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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