Recovery of quality of life is associated with lower mortality 5-year post-fracture: the Australian arm of the International Costs and Utilities Related to Osteoporotic Fractures Study (AusICUROS).

This study provides evidence that HRQoL recovery post-fracture is associated with improved 5-year survival in older adults. The extent to whether current interventions known to improve HRQoL post-fracture could prevent some of these deaths is unknown.