Direct healthcare costs of osteoporosis-related fractures in managed care patients receiving pharmacological osteoporosis therapy

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 163-173

  Viswanathan, Hema N ^a   Curtis, Jeffrey R ^b   Yu, Jingbo ^c   White, Jeffrey ^d   Stolshek, Bradley S ^a   Merinar, Claire ^a   Balasubramanian, Akhila ^a   Kallich, Joel D ^a   Adams, John L ^e   Wade, Sally W ^f  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c HEALTHCORE INC   (United States)

^d Wellpoint Inc   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f Wade Outcomes Research and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PELVIS FRACTURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULNA FRACTURE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860013350     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11791896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11598590-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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