Costs of patient management over 18 months following a hip, clinical vertebral, distal forearm, or proximal humerus fragility fracture in France-results from the ICUROS study.
Astrid CoassyAxel SvedbomHervé LocrelleRoland ChapurlatBernard CortetPatrice FardellonePhilippe OrcelChristian RouxFredrik BorgströmJohn A KanisThierry ThomasPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2021)
Our study for the first time prospectively assessed total costs related to the four main osteoporotic fractures in France. It appears that their levels were much higher than previous estimates, raising the burden of osteoporosis-related fractures on public health expenditures.