Comorbidity and Healthcare Expenditure in Women with Osteoporosis Living in the Basque Country (Spain)

Objectives. This study aimed to establish the prevalence of multimorbidity in women diagnosed with osteoporosis and to report it by deprivation index. The characteristics of comorbidity in osteoporotic women are compared to the general female chronic population, and the impact on healthcare expendit...

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Main Authors: Roberto Nuño-Solinis, Carolina Rodríguez-Pereira, Edurne Alonso-Morán, Juan F. Orueta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Osteoporosis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/205954