Abstract

GARCIA, Javier et al. Costs of fractures in women with osteoporosis in Colombia. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2014, vol.39, n.1, pp.46-56. ISSN 0120-2448.

Abstract Introduction: postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) is a disease that reduces the density and quality of bones, increasing the risk of fractures. In Colombia there is no documented information on the costs and frequency of use of resources for the diagnosis and treatment of OPM and associated fractures. Materials and methods: a consensus with 11 experts was conducted using a Delphi modified methodology. Costs were applied using the tariff handbook ISS 2001 and in the end was estimated what economic impact would have in 2015 for the country the treatment of hip vertebral and distal radius fractures. Results: the cost to diagnose and properly follow a patient with PMO for one year is approximately $622,588.15. The cost at the time of a hip fracture that requires surgical management is $8,687,829.21. The cost of surgical management of a spinal fracture and distal radius is $11,348,379.90 and $2,319,111.67 respectively. Patients with spinal fractures that do not require surgical management can cost $5,034,055.60 in a one year follow up. By 2015, the economic impact of treating hip fractures in the country would be $205,602,914,414, for vertebral fractures with surgical management would be $1,370,947,862, and non-surgical management would be $11,653,771,426 and for distal radius fractures it would be $122,858,360,231. Conclusions: the need to prioritize the disease, manage the risks associated with its complications and offer the management of a pathology of high impact on public health, is evident. (Acta Med Colomb 2014; 39: 46-56).

Keywords : postmenopausal osteoporosis; fracture; Colombia; costs.

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