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Incremental costs of fragility fractures: a population-based matched -cohort study from Ontario, Canada

SUMMARY: Using a matched cohort design, the 1-year excess cost of incident fragility fractures at any site was $26,341 per patient, with 43% of total excess costs attributed to hospitalization. The high economic burden of fractures in Ontario underscores the urgency of closing the secondary fracture...

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Autores principales: Tarride, J.-É., Adachi, J. D., Brown, J. P., Schemitsch, E., Slatkovska, L., Burke, N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer London 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8387251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33599789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00198-021-05877-8