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Osteoporotic fractures pose an enormous public health problem, and a variety of interventions will be needed to reduce their impact. The only rationale for risk assessment is to employ these interventions efficiently. However, screening tests have costs and the long-term benefits of treatment may be uncertain. This creates a need to consider the costs of risk assessment and the costs of treatment as well as the costs of fractures that might be averted.
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Melton, L.J. (1998). Socio-economic Impact. In: Geusens, P. (eds) Osteoporosis in Clinical Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3382-7_32
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