Bone Abstracts

Objective: The aim of this study was to gain insight into all the current overall costs (direct medical, direct non-medical and indirect costs) of clinical fractures in osteoporotic patients aged 50 years and older in the Netherlands.Materials and methods: This prospective study was part of a larger study in which the effect of a fracture nurse on diagnosis and subsequent treatment of elderly osteoporotic patients with a recent fracture was assessed. Inc...