Direct health-care costs attributed to hip fractures among seniors: a matched cohort study

摘要

SummaryUsing a matched cohort design, we estimated the mean direct attributable cost in the first year after hip fracture in Ontario to be $36,929 among women and $39,479 among men. These estimates translate into an annual $282 million in direct attributable health-care costs in Ontario and $1.1 billion in Canada.