Clinical burden and incremental cost of fractures in postmenopausal women in the United Kingdom

Bone

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-331

  Gutiérrez, Lia ^a   Roskell, Neil ^a   Castellsague, Jordi ^a   Beard, Steve ^a   Rycroft, Catherine ^a   Abeysinghe, Shaun ^a   Shannon, Paul ^a   Gitlin, Matthew ^b   Robbins, Sean ^b  

^a RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fractures; Health services and economics; Osteoporosis; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 84862630812     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.05.020     Document Type: Article

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