Table 14.

Comparison of the cost-effectiveness of alendronate with other interventions in women aged 70 years from the UK (data for treatments other than alendronate from [122], with permission from Elsevier)

Intervention	T-score = −2.5 SD		No BMD
	No prior fracture	Prior fracture	Prior fracture
Alendronate	6,225	4,727	6,294
Etidronate	12,869	10,098	9,093
Ibandronate daily	20,956	14,617	14,694
Ibandronate intermittent	31,154	21,587	21,745
Raloxifene	11,184	10,379	10,808
Raloxifene without breast cancer	34,011	23,544	23,755
Risedronate	18,271	12,659	13,853
Strontium ranelate	25,677	18,332	19,221
Strontium ranelate, post hoc analysis	18,628	13,077	13,673