Incidence and costs of hip fractures vs strokes and acute myocardial infarction in Italy: comparative analysis based on national hospitalization records

OBJECTIVES: As osteoporotic fractures are becoming a major health care problem in countries characterized by an increasing number of older adults, in this study we aimed to compare the incidence and costs of hip fragility fractures in Italian elderly people versus those of major cardiovascular disea...

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Autores principales: Piscitelli, Prisco, Iolascon, Giovanni, Argentiero, Alberto, Chitano, Giovanna, Neglia, Cosimo, Marcucci, Gemma, Pulimeno, Manuela, Benvenuto, Marco, Mundi, Santa, Marzo, Valentina, Donati, Daniela, Baggiani, Angelo, Migliore, Alberto, Granata, Mauro, Gimigliano, Francesca, Di Blasio, Raffaele, Gimigliano, Alessandra, Renzulli, Lorenzo, Brandi, Maria Luisa, Distante, Alessandro, Gimigliano, Raffaele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3529634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23269863
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S36828

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