Quality of life, resource use, and costs related to hip fracture in Estonia.

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We assessed the impact of hip fracture on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and costs in Estonia. The mean 18-month HRQoL loss in quality adjusted life years (QALY) was estimated at 0.31, and the average cumulative cost from a societal perspective was 8146 euros per hip fracture patient.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Osteoporos Int

Title: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1433-2965

ISSN (Print): 0937-941X

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2016

Volume: 27

Issue: 8

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[1 ] Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Ravila 19, 50411, Tartu, Estonia. mikkjurisson@gmail.com.

[2 ] Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Ravila 19, 50411, Tartu, Estonia.

[3 ] Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK.

[4 ] Medical Management Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

[5 ] Mapigroup, Klarabergsviadukten 90, Hus D, 111 64, Stockholm, Sweden.

[6 ] Unit of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden.

[7 ] Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tartu and Tartu University Hospital, L. Puusepa st 8, 51014, Tartu, Estonia.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s00198-016-3544-4

DOI: 10.1007/s00198-016-3544-4

PubMed ID: 26905271

SO-VID: e368f365-f56d-4948-9bff-82ae46beaca3

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Keywords: Cost of illness,Disease burden,Estonia,Health-related quality of life,Hip fracture,Osteoporosis,Resource use

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Keywords: Cost of illness, Disease burden, Estonia, Health-related quality of life, Hip fracture, Osteoporosis, Resource use

Quality of life, resource use, and costs related to hip fracture in Estonia.

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