Cost-effectiveness of alendronate for the treatment of osteopenic postmenopausal women in Japan

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 395-403

  Moriwaki, Kensuke ^a   Komaba, Hirotaka ^b   Noto, Shinichi ^a   Yanagisawa, Shinichiro ^c   Takiguchi, Toru ^a   Inoue, Hiroki ^a   Toujo, Takeshi ^a   Fukagawa, Masafumi ^b   Takahashi, Hideaki E ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; bisphosphonates; economics; Evidence guidelines; health services; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CASE REPORT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; JAPAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPINE FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALENDRONATE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; JAPAN; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872483471     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1755     Document Type: Article

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