Expected lifetime numbers and costs of fractures in postmenopausal women with and without osteoporosis in Germany: a discrete event simulation model

BACKGROUND: Osteoporotic fractures cause a large health burden and substantial costs. This study estimated the expected fracture numbers and costs for the remaining lifetime of postmenopausal women in Germany. METHODS: A discrete event simulation (DES) model which tracks changes in fracture risk due...

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Autores principales: Bleibler, Florian, Rapp, Kilian, Jaensch, Andrea, Becker, Clemens, König, Hans-Helmut
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4118314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24981316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-284

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4118314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24981316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-284

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