Research Article
The Prevention of Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Fractures: Results of the Health Technology Assessment of a New Antiosteoporotic Drug
Table 2
Annual direct costs for hospitalization in Italy (
2009).
| Fractures type | Number of admissions | Total mean direct costs () |
| Hip and femur | 4,653 | 14,077,146.05 | Vertebral | 2,318 | 2,549,459.76 | Other | 3,254 | 6,297,477.79 |
| Total | 10,225 | 22,924,083.60 |
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