Table 5.
Base case results of costs and fracture numbers for the scenarios of no fortification and voluntary fortification
| Scenario | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | No fortification | Fortification | Increment |
| Costs (€, millions) | |||
| Fracture costs | 3581·3 | 3225·2 | −356·1 |
| Intervention costs | – | 41·3 | 41·3 |
| Total costs | 3581·3 | 3266·5 | −314·8 |
| Fractures (n)* | |||
| Hip | 100 582 | 90 440 | −10 143 |
| Other femur | 11 356 | 10 052 | −1304 |
| Clinical vertebral | 72 812 | 66 244 | −6568 |
| Wrist | 76 489 | 67 708 | −8781 |
| Humerus | 50 973 | 45 122 | −5852 |
| Pelvis | 35 354 | 31 295 | −4059 |
| Total fractures | 347 566 | 310 861 | −36 705 |
Fractures in the German female population aged 65 years and older.