Long-term direct and indirect economic burden associated with osteoporotic fracture in US postmenopausal women.

ABSTRACT: The study examined long-term direct and indirect economic burden of osteoporotic fractures among postmenopausal women. Healthcare costs among fracture patients were substantial in first year after fracture and remained higher than fracture-free controls for 5 years which highlight needs for early detection of high-risk patients and continued management for osteoporosis.

Introduction

This study compared direct and indirect healthcare costs between postmenopausal women and demographically matched controls in the 5 years after incident non-traumatic fracture, and by fracture type in commercially insured and Medicare populations.

Methods

Two hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred ninety women (91,925 aged 50-64 years; 134,265 aged ≥ 65 years) with incident non-traumatic fracture

SUBMITTER: Tran O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8128807 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature