Hospitalizations for osteoporosis-related fractures: Economic costs and clinical outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Osteoporotic fractures frequently require inpatient care, and are associated with elevated risks of morbidity, mortality, and re-hospitalization. A comprehensive evaluation of healthcare costs, resource utilization, and outcomes associated with osteoporosis (OP)-related fractures treated in US hospitals was undertaken.

Methods

A retrospective analysis using the Premier Perspective Database (2010 - 2013) was conducted. Study population comprised patients aged ≥ 50 years hospitalized with a principal diagnosis of a closed or pathologic fracture commonly associated with OP; the first qualifying hospitalization was designated the "index admission". Patients with evidence of major trauma, malignancy, or other non-OP conditions that may lead to pathologic fracture durin

SUBMITTER: Weycker D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5440958 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature