title: Economic implication of osteoporotic spine disease: cost to society.
abstract: The costs of vertebral fractures are less well defined than the costs of hip fractures. Large studies are urgently needed. From the data that exist, vertebral fractures have a higher cost than previously expected: for hospitalized fractures in a US study, USD 10 000 per year without rehabilitation costs, for all clinical fractures USD 2000 the first year, and in a Swedish study slightly more. These new data on the cost of vertebral fractures will have an impact on health economy calculations. In the future it may be be cost-effective only to prevent vertebral fractures.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000191:economics*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000191:economics* / Q000209:etiology*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology; D013548:Sweden; D014481:United States