Medical costs of osteoporosis in the elderly Medicare population

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1835-1844

  Blume, S W ^a   Curtis, J R ^b  

^a UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Economics; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HIP FRACTURE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING CARE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959941054     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1419-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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