Health Care Utilization

 
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Lead Author(s): 

Meredith L. Kilgore, PhD
Sylvia I. Watkins-Castillo, PhD

Osteoporosis-related fractures are associated with a substantial increase in the utilization of health services for both acute and long-term care. Fracture risk increases with age,1,2 as does the burden of disease in terms of morbidity, mortality, and costs.3 Here we focus on the effects of osteoporosis and related fractures on health care utilization.

  • 1. Wolinsky FD, Bentler SE, Liu L et al.: Recent hospitalization and the risk of hip fracture among older Americans. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2009;64A:249-255.
  • 2. Cheng HC, Gary LC, Curtis JR et al.: Estimated prevalence and patterns of presumed osteoporosis among older Americans based on Medicare data. Osteoporos Int 2009;20:1507-1515.
  • 3. Braithwaite RS, Col NF, Wong JB: Estimating hip fracture morbidity, mortality, and costs. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51:364-370.

Edition: 

  • 2014

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