UNASSIGNED: The current study reassesses the prevalence of @entity174 and lifetime costs in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Forty-two percent (391) of the @entity174 were at the neck of the femur, and 38.6  % (354) were inter-trochanteric @entity174 . The overall incidence was assessed to be 7528 (1,300,336 population 55  years or older) with the direct cost of SR564.75 million ( 150.60 million). A National @entity174 Registry and @entity170 awareness programs are recommended. PURPOSE: Proximal femur @entity174 are reported to be increasing worldwide due to increased life expectancy. The current study is carried out to assess the incidence of such @entity174 in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and to assess the costs incurred in managing them annually. Finally, by extrapolating the data, the study can calculate the overall economic burden in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: The data of @entity174 was collected from 24 of 28 hospitals in the Eastern Province. The data included age, sex, mode of injury, type of @entity174 , prescribed drug (and its cost), and length of hospital stay. Population statistics were obtained from the Department of Statistics of the Saudi Arabian government Web site. RESULTS: Twenty-four hospitals (85  %) participated in the study. A total of 780 @entity174 were sustained by 681 @entity1 . Length of stay in the hospital averaged 23.28        13.08  days. The projected @entity174 rate from all the hospitals would be 917 (an incidence of 5.81/1000), with a total cost of SR68.77 million. Further extrapolation showed that the overall incidence could be 7528 (1,300,336 population 55  years or older) with the direct cost of SR564.75 million ( 150.60 million). CONCLUSIONS: @entity170 -related @entity3330 in Saudi Arabia are significant causes of morbidity besides incurring economic burden. We believe that a National @entity174 Registry needs to be established, and @entity170 awareness programs should be instituted in every part of Saudi Arabia so that these @entity1 can be diagnosed early and treated appropriately to reduce both the number of @entity174 and the economic burden of the @entity174 .

Reassessment of XXXX and economic burden in Saudi Arabia.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity170 :: ('MESH:D010024', 'Disease') :: ['Osteoporosis', 'osteoporosis'] @entity3330 :: ('MESH:D005264', 'Disease') :: ['femoral fractures'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures', 'fragility fractures', 'Fracture', 'fracture', 'fragility proximal femur fractures']
@entity3330 :: (MESH:D005264,Disease) :: ['osteoporosis-related femoral fractures']
