Population
Patients with fracture of the proximal femur related to osteoporosis in Rochester, Minnesota
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10-year period
Authors
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Highlights economic burden of osteoporotic fractures; leaves open contemporary costs and prevention value.
Osteoporosis-related hip fractures impose a massive economic burden, estimated at over one billion dollars annually in the United States in 1976.
Owen et al. (1980) studied this question.
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