. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 20.

Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2008 Feb 22;19(4):437–447. doi: 10.1007/s00198-007-0550-6

Table 1.

Costs and disutilities associated with each type of fracture.

Parameter	Hip Fracture	Vertebral Fracture	Wrist Fracture	Other Fracture^*
Disutility in 1^st year^a	0.208	0.374	0.023	0.133^*
Disutility in 2^nd year	0.187	0.091	0.001	0.064^*
Cost in 1^st year^b	$29,449	$8,387	$4,195	$11,324^*
Cost-subsequent years	$7,156	n/a	n/a	n/a

Values shown are for women and include proximal humerus, rib, pelvis and tibia/fibula. For men, tibia/fibula fractures are excluded and 1^st and 2^nd year disutilities are 0.071 and 0.029, respectively. First year other fracture costs for men are $6,946.

From Kanis et al (41). To model health state value following a fracture, the age-specific EQ-5D health state value was multiplied times 1 minus the disutility shown above.

From Gabriel et al (21).