Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA
Burden of accumulating fragility fractures on health service usage and costs among post-menopausal women.
Reijo Sund, Toni Rikkonen, Heikki Kröger, Joonas Sirola
Published: 202510.1007/s00198-025-07821-6
Abstract
Cumulative fragility fractures markedly raise mortality, care needs, and healthcare costs among post-menopausal women. Women with ≥3 fractures show 2.2 times higher mortality rate and 1.4 times higher costs. These findings suggest that effective frac…
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