@article{ref1,
title="The national cost of acute care of hip fractures associated with osteoporosis",
journal="Clinical orthopaedics and related research",
year="1980",
author="Owen, R. A. and Melton, L. J. and Gallagher, J. Christopher and Riggs, B. Lawrence",
volume="",
number="150",
pages="172-176",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-921X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}