Table 3.
Direct non-medical cost of osteoporotic fractures (per patient) during the year after the fracture
| Cost Item | Type of fracture | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hip | Vertebra | Forearm | ||||
| Mean cost(US$) | % of total | Mean cost(US$) | % of total | Mean cost(US$) | % of total | |
| Informal services (including supplements, Walker, cane, and …) | 224.38 | 9.54 | 160.42 | 24.15 | 95.22 | 33.48 |
| Absenteeism ( by patient and family members) | 109.22 | 4.64 | 69.37 | 10.44 | 26.35 | 9.27 |
| Informal care | 1,929.02 | 82.03 | 344.52 | 51.87 | 96.45 | 33.91 |
| Patient time cost | 30.54 | 1.30 | 31.41 | 4.73 | 31.31 | 11.01 |
| Travel costs | 58.46 | 2.49 | 58.46 | 8.80 | 35.07 | 12.33 |
| Total | 2,351.63 | 100.00 | 664.18 | 100.00 | 284.40 | 100.00 |