Population
1,709 patients admitted for a primary hip fracture during 1992 in Stockholm, Sweden
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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Fracture costs may inform prevention priorities; observational data leave open net savings from interventions.
Hip fractures incur substantial direct costs (about USD 40,000 per patient in the first year), highlighting significant potential cost savings from prevention.
Zethraeus et al. (1997) studied this question.
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