Health economics: direct cost of osteoporotic hip fracture in Egypt—an analysis for the Egyptian healthcare system by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

Health economics: direct cost of osteoporotic hip fracture in Egypt—an analysis for the Egyptian healthcare system by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

Abstract Mini abstract This work studies the direct cost of hip fractures in Egypt. The direct cost was calculated based on the incidence of hip fracture in Egypt retrieved from the national database. The result of this work raises red flags to the policy makers in Egypt that such fragility fracture...

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Main Authors: Yasser El Miedany, Maha El Gaafary, Naglaa Gadallah, Safaa Mahran, Nihal Fathi, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Samar abd Alhamed Tabra, Radwa H. Shalaby, Belal Abdelrafea, Waleed Hassan, Osama Farouk, Mahmoud Nafady, Ahmed Mohamed Farghaly, Shereef Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim, Mohamed Abdelfattah Ali, Karim Mohamed Elmaradny, Sally Eskandar Saber Eskandar, Walaa Elwakil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-10-01
Series:Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
Osteoporosis
Hip fracture
DXA
Incidence
Health economics
Cost
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43166-023-00218-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s43166-023-00218-5

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