Costs of incident non-hip osteoporosis-related fractures in postmenopausal women from a payer perspective
Authors' conclusion
This study pinpoints the relevance of preventing non-hip osteoporosis-related fractures, as these cost about €74 million per year in direct healthcare costs, a substantial impact on the budget of the Portuguese NHS.
Study context
- Population
- Women ≥50 years in Portugal (EpiDoC cohort, baseline 2011–2013, first follow-up 2013–2015)
- Participants
- 2,762 women
- Outcome
- Costs of incident non-hip osteoporosis-related fractures from a payer perspective
- Follow-up
- Year following fracture
Methodological detailspayer perspective, based on a community-based longitudinal prospective cohort (EpiDoC), resource use from informal expert panel, National Health Service (NHS) national tariffs
- Payer perspective
- Based on a community-based longitudinal prospective cohort (EpiDoC)
- Resource use from informal expert panel
- NHS national tariffs
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Annual wrist fractures (approx.)
- 5,000
- Annual vertebral fractures (approx.)
- 3,500
- Annual other-site fractures (approx.)
- 39,000
- Cost per patient in year after fracture, vertebral
- €2,709.52
- Cost per patient in year after fracture, other fractures
- €3,096.35
- Total annual cost (approx.)
- €74 million
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Costs of incident non-hip osteoporosis-related fractures in postmenopausal women from a payer perspective. Osteoporos Int. Published 19 August 2023. doi:10.
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