TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1980//
TI  - The national cost of acute care of hip fractures associated with osteoporosis
JO  - Clinical orthopaedics and related research
A1  - Owen, R. A.
A1  - Melton, L. J.
A1  - Gallagher, J. Christopher
A1  - Riggs, B. Lawrence
SP  - 172
EP  - 176
VL  - 
IS  - 150
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0009-921X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -