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The application of health technology assessment in osteoporosis
Kanis, John A. Hiligsmann, Mickaël
Kanis, John A.
Hiligsmann, Mickaël
Abstract
Because of the high costs to patients, health care payers and to society, it is important to allocate healthcare resources appropriately and efficiently. Health technology assessment aims to evaluate the clinical, economic, social, and ethical implications of a disease, and its prevention and treatment to guide national healthcare policies (e.g. clinical and research investment, reimbursement decisions). In this chapter, we review the various aspects of health technology assessment in osteoporosis, including epidemiology and burden of disease, and assessment of the costeffectiveness of the treatment of osteoporosis and the prevention of fracture. Health technology assessment indicates an immense burden of osteoporotic fractures for patients and society that is set to increase as the number of elderly people increases. Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis have been shown to be a costeffective way of allocating scarce healthcare resources.
Keywords
burden of disease
cost-effectiveness
economic evaluation
health technology assessment
osteoporosis
treatment
Date
2014
Type
Journal article
Journal
Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Volume
28
Issue
6
Page Range
895-910
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Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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