Hospitalisations, admission costs and re-fracture risk related to osteoporosis in Western Australia are substantial: A 10-year review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 557-562

  Briggs, Andrew M ^a,b   Sun, Wenxing ^c   Miller, Laura J ^c   Geelhoed, Elizabeth ^d   Huska, Anna ^c   Inderjeeth, Charles A ^e,f  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Arthritis and Osteoporosis Victoria ^*  (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e North Metropolitan Health Service   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

admission; cost; data linkage; fracture; osteoporosis; readmission; risk

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84955207480     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12381     Document Type: Review

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