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The costs of vertebral fractures are less well defined than the costs of hip fractures. Large studies are urgently needed. From the data that exist, vertebral fractures have a higher cost than previously expected: for hospitalized fractures in a US study, USD 10 000 per year without rehabilitation costs, for all clinical fractures USD 2000 the first year, and in a Swedish study slightly more. These new data on the cost of vertebral fractures will have an impact on health economy calculations. In the future it may be be cost-effective only to prevent vertebral fractures.
Financial support was obtained from the Swedish Research Council (project no. K2003-73X-11610-08A), Greta and Johan Kock Foundation, and Albert Påhlsson Foundation
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Johnell, O. (2005). Economic implication of osteoporotic spine disease: cost to society. In: Aebi, M., Gunzburg, R., Szpalski, M. (eds) The Aging Spine., vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27376-X_12
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