Table 4.

Direct cost (medical and non-medical) 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
Direct medical cost	3,029.67	56.30	2,316.59	77.72	924.90	76.48
Direct non-medical cost	2,351.63	43.70	664.18	22.28	284.40	23.52
Total cost	5,381.30	100.00	2,980.78	100.00	1,209.30	100.00