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. 2015 Nov 16;20(10):1874–1883. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015003171

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.