Das Gesundheitswesen
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Das Gesundheitswesen · Mar 2014
[Cost of fractures in German hospitals--what role does osteoporosis play?].
The objective of this study was to examine the total and osteoporosis-attributable inpatient costs of 16 fracture types accrued in the German hospital sector in the year 2009. ⋯ Fractures accrue relevant hospital costs in Germany. In order to use the limited resources of the German health-care system in an efficient way, future measures to reduce the number of incident fractures should be designed and evaluated in terms of cost-effectiveness.