Citation

Owen RA, Melton LJ, Gallagher JC, Riggs BL. Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. 1980; (150): 172-176.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, Springer)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7428216

Abstract

During 1976, the median cost of the direct medical care for a fracture of the proximal femur related to osteoporosis in Rochester, Minnesota, was $5,644. Age- and sex-specific incidences for this fracture were determined for a 10-year period in the same population. When these data are applied to the United States population, it can be estimated that osteoporosis leads to over 150,000 hip fractures annually, with a short-term direct cost in excess of one billion dollars.

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