Vertebral fracture caused the greatest health burden , but hip fracture patients were the main users of informal care after hospital discharge .
There was an increased risk of a subsequent fracture after a primary fracture compared with the control group , a cohort comparison , or the general population .
Osteoporotic fractures , especially hip fractures , are associated with higher mortality rate despite the advances in the management of osteoporotic fracture cases .
There is strong evidence to show that after hospital discharge , osteoporotic fracture patients are faced with higher morbidity , subsequent fractures , and mortality
PURPOSE Osteoporotic fracture is the main complication of osteoporosis .
The current management is to discharge patients as early as possible so they can get back to their daily activities .
Once discharged , there are three main issues relating to morbidity , mortality , and risk of a subsequent fracture that need to be addressed and discussed .
Therefore , the aim of this systematic review was to summarize and evaluate the evidence from published literature , to determine the outcome of osteoporotic fracture patients after their hospital discharge .
The economic cost of hip fractures in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective study.
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the incremental cost in the year after hip fracture . DESIGN Prospect i ve cohort study . SETTING Baltimore , Maryl and . PARTICIPANTS 759 community dwelling older patients who sustained a hip fracture and participated in the Baltimore Hip Fracture Study . MEASUREMENTS Re source use for direct medical care , formal nonmedical care , and informal care in the 6 months before and the year after fracture was estimated from interviews with patients or proxy respondents .  Costs in 1993 dollars were estimated by multiplying re sources times national unit cost estimates . RESULTS The annualized costs in the year before the fracture ranged between $ 18,523 and $ 20,928 . The costs in the year after the fracture equaled $ 37,250 . The incremental costs in the year after the fracture , compared with the costs in the year before the fracture , ranged between $ 16,322 and $ 18,727 . The largest cost differences were attributable to hospitalizations , nursing home stays , and rehabilitation services . CONCLUSIONS Because we compared the costs after a fracture with costs before , our estimates of the incremental cost of a hip fracture are lower than others in the literature . These results , obtained from interviews with patients enrolled in a cohort study , or their proxies , provide the best data available to date on the economic cost of hip fractures among community-dwelling older persons
Vertebral fracture caused the greatest health burden , but hip fracture patients were the main users of informal care after hospital discharge .
There was an increased risk of a subsequent fracture after a primary fracture compared with the control group , a cohort comparison , or the general population .
Osteoporotic fractures , especially hip fractures , are associated with higher mortality rate despite the advances in the management of osteoporotic fracture cases .
There is strong evidence to show that after hospital discharge , osteoporotic fracture patients are faced with higher morbidity , subsequent fractures , and mortality
PURPOSE Osteoporotic fracture is the main complication of osteoporosis .
The current management is to discharge patients as early as possible so they can get back to their daily activities .
Once discharged , there are three main issues relating to morbidity , mortality , and risk of a subsequent fracture that need to be addressed and discussed .
Therefore , the aim of this systematic review was to summarize and evaluate the evidence from published literature , to determine the outcome of osteoporotic fracture patients after their hospital discharge .