ArticleJournal of osteoporosis2015
Posthospital Discharge Medical Care Costs and Family Burden Associated with Osteoporotic Fracture Patients in China from 2011 to 2013.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Burden of Informal Caregiving for Adults with Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Systematic Review.PharmacoEconomics · 2025Pooled it
- Economic burden of osteoporosis-related hip fracture in Asia: a systematic review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2017Pooled it
- Qianggu capsule for the treatment of primary osteoporosis: evidence from a Chinese patent medicine.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Moxibustion treatment for primary osteoporosis: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- The Multidimensional Impact of Traditional Orthopaedic Casting and the Role of Emerging Immobilization Technologies: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Moderate burden amongst caregivers posthip arthroscopy linked to younger caregiver age and task load: A cross-sectional survey study.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic and health system factors associated with variations in hospitalization costs for fractures in adults aged 45 years and over: a cross-sectional study of provincial health accounts in Jiangsu Province, China.Archives of osteoporosis · 2021Article
- Family caregiver burden of patients with osteoporotic fracture in Japan.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2021Article
- Disease burden of hepatitis E in a rural population in China: a community-based survey.Epidemiology and infection · 2017Article
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Abstract
Objectives. This study collected and evaluated data on the costs of outpatient medical care and family burden associated with osteoporosis-related fracture rehabilitation following hospital discharge in China. Materials and Methods. Data were collected using a patient questionnaire from osteoporosis-related fracture patients (N = 123) who aged 50 years and older who were discharged between January 2011 and January 2013 from 3 large hospitals in China. The survey captured posthospital discharge direct medical costs, indirect medical costs, lost work time for caregivers, and patient ambulatory status. Results. Hip fracture was the most frequent fracture site (62.6%), followed by vertebral fracture (34.2%). The mean direct medical care costs per patient totaled 3,910¥, while mean indirect medical costs totaled 743¥. Lost work time for unpaid family caregivers was 16.4 days, resulting in an average lost income of 3,233¥. The average posthospital direct medical cost, indirect medical cost, and caregiver lost income associated with a fracture patient totaled 7,886¥. Patients' ambulatory status was negatively impacted following fracture. Conclusions. Significant time and cost of care are placed on patients and caregivers during rehabilitation after discharge for osteoporotic fracture. It is important to evaluate the role and responsibility for creating the growing and inequitable burden placed on patients and caregivers following osteoporotic fracture.
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