Osteoporosis and osteopenia are increasingly prevalent conditions among older adults. Not
only do the fractures associated with poor bone health have significant health …

This report updates previous burden of disease analysis undertaken in 2001 and 2007, and
shows little progress is being made in preventing and managing osteoporosis in Australia …

Osteoporotic fractures represent a significant burden to society. The costs of osteoporotic
fractures to the UK health care system have not previously been accurately described. In this …

The prevalence of osteoporosis increases with age. The over-50-year-old population is
expected to grow by 10% and 25% by 2010 and 2020, respectively. There are already 3 …

The aim of this study was to determine the threshold of fracture probability at which
interventions became cost-effective in women based on data from the UK. We modelled the …

This is a cost-of-illness study of osteoporotic fractures in Denmark estimating the incremental
societal cost associated with osteoporotic fractures, with both direct cost and productivity …

In osteoporosis, the bone mass is decreased, thereby increasing the risk of fractures.
Common osteoporotic fractures include those at the hip, the spine and the forearm …

We estimate the current burden of illness of osteoporosis in Canada is double (4.6billion)
ourpreviousestimates( 2.3 billion) due to improved data capture of the multiple encounters …

Objective Osteoporotic fractures impose a huge economic burden on society. Though
several cost of illness studies from other countries exist, no equivalent study has been …

Using a matched cohort design, we estimated the mean direct attributable cost in the first
year after hip fracture in Ontario to be 36,929amongwomenand 39,479 among men. These …