The Prevention of Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Fractures: Results of the Health Technology Assessment of a New Antiosteoporotic Drug

Table 8

Unitary costs and utility values used in the economic model.

	Unitary costs (mean direct; medical costs, €) [48, 70–72]	Utilities (first year after fracture; second and; following years after fracture)
Hip fracture	8.206	0.700 [73]; 0.800 [73]
Vertebral fracture	2.476	0.590 [73]; 0.929 [74]
Other fractures		0.956 [73] wrist, 0.902 [70] other fractures
(i) Pelvis and other femoral fractures	4.575
(ii) Forearm	2.831
(iii) Ribs and sternum	1.022
(iv) Scapula and clavicle	2.962
(v) Proximal humerus and humeral shaft	4.575
(vi) Tibia and fibula	4.929