Cost-effectiveness of enhancing adherence with oral bisphosphonates treatment in osteoporotic women: an empirical approach based on healthcare utilisation databases.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Adherence with bisphosphonates therapy is generally low. Enhancing adherence with bisphosphonates would be effective in achieving the full benefits of therapy albeit a growth in the expenditure for supporting incremented drug use is expected. The cost-effectiveness of enhancing adherence with oral bisphosphonates in a large population of osteoporotic women has been assessed in the current study.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Healthcare utilisation databases of Lombardy Region, Italy.

Participants

A cohort of 28 558 women aged 45 years or more, resident in the Italian Region of Lombardy, who were newly treated with oral bisphosphonates during 2003-2004, was followed for 6 years after index prescription.

Outcome measures

Fracture-fre

SUBMITTER: Scotti L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3975742 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature