Costs Induced by Hip Fractures: A Prospective Controlled Study in Belgium
| Autor: | Patrick Haentjens, Jacques Bentin, Philippe Autier, Marie-Christine Closon, Steven Boonen, André-Robert Grivegnee, Jean Marie Baillon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Hip fracture business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Poison control medicine.disease Occupational safety and health Epidemiology Health care Injury prevention Orthopedic surgery Physical therapy medicine business Prospective cohort study health care economics and organizations |
| Zdroj: | Osteoporosis International. 11:373-380 |
| ISSN: | 1433-2965 0937-941X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s001980070102 |
| Popis: | The economic burden of hip fractures is thought to be important, but the excess medical costs they induce remain largely unknown. We assessed the direct medical costs induced by hip fractures during and after hospitalization. Hospital costs of 170 consecutive Belgian women with hip fracture were gathered. During the year following discharge, all medical costs were collected for the 159 hip fracture women who survived the acute hospitalization stay. A similar collection of data was performed on a comparison group of 159 age-and residence-matched women without a history of hip fracture. The mean cost of the acute hospital stay was 8,667 Belgian francs and the mean 1-year hip-fracture-related extra costs after hospitalization was 6,636 Belgian francs. During the year following the acute hospital stay, 19% of the hip fracture women and 4% of the comparison women were newly admitted to nursing homes (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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