Figure 2.

Health care resource utilization, percentage of patients: A. Health care costs by cohort (preindex and 12-month follow-up). B. All-cause and osteoporosis-related cost by fracture type.

Abbreviations: OP, Osteoporosis.

^a Total medical costs include carrier, durable medical equipment, home health, hospice, inpatient, outpatient, and skilled nursing facility.

^b The nonfracture cohort was selected by 1:1 propensity score matching for each index year during the identification period.

^c Costs were classified as osteoporosis-related if there was a diagnosis of osteoporosis or fracture in any position on the medical claim.