Burden of osteoporosis in Thailand

Burden of osteoporosis in Thailand.

Correspondence to : Taechakraichana N, Menopausal Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Rama IV Rd, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. Phone: 0-2256-4164 ext. 205 Fax: 0-22511796, E-mail: [email protected] Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease in humans. It is characterized by low bone mass, microarchitectural deterioratio...

burden of osteoporosis in iran

osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease. in addition to morbidity, osteoporotic fractures also increase mortality risk in affected patients. enough evidence is not available to indicate that, like western countries, osteoporosis is a public health problem in iran. therefore emrc planned to estimate the burden of osteoporotic fractures in year 2001 based on existing sources of dat...

Financial Burden of Border Hospital in Caring for Cross-Border Patients: A Short Note From Thailand

The burden of osteoporosis in Brazil.

Osteoporotic fractures impose severe physical, psychosocial, and financial burden both to the patient and the society. Studies on the prevalence of osteoporosis and fragility fractures in Brazil show a wide variation, due to differences in sample size, the population studied, and methodologies. Few studies have been conducted in Brazil about the cost-effectiveness analyses of different interven...

Epidemiology , costs , and burden of osteoporosis in Argentina , 2009

Summary Osteoporosis is a major public health concern for elderly subjects. Old age is a risk factor for fragility fractures; countries with aging population face a heavy burden of fractures and their consequences. Introduction In 2009, the total population of Argentina was 40 million, with 10 million inhabitants aged >50 years. Population will grow 13% by 2050 and reach 53 million, but the eld...