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Table 4 Undiscounted and discounted fracture lifetime costs (€) of a 50 year old woman, by fracture type for two risk classes of osteoporosis and excess

From: Expected lifetime numbers and costs of fractures in postmenopausal women with and without osteoporosis in Germany: a discrete event simulation model

Direct cost

Undiscounted

Discounted (3%)

By fracture type

Average risk (95%UI)

%

Not at risk (95%UI)

%

Excess (95%UI)

%

Average risk (95%UI)

%

Not at risk (95%UI)

%

Excess (95%UI)

%

Hip

3,399

42.7

1,449

34.4

1,950

52.1

1,277

39.1

585

30.9

692

50.4

(2,933-4,116)

(398–2,466)

(1,070-3,179)

(1,102-1,541)

(204–939)

(394–1,108)

Other femur

388

4.9

188

4.5

200

5.3

157

4.8

85

4.5

72

5.2

(316–461)

(83–270)

(106–331)

(126–181)

(44–114)

(39–115)

Clinical vertebral

1,452

18.2

880

20.9

573

15.3

623

19.1

404

21.3

219

15.9

(1,156-2,042)

(504–1,425)

(279–983)

(494–886)

(251–631)

(109–367)

Humerus

1,182

14.9

664

15.8

518

13.8

532

16.3

328

17.3

204

14.9

(951–1,377)

(320–846)

(299–829)

(422–611)

(180–395)

(121–318)

Pelvis

773

9.7

413

9.8

360

9.6

295

9.0

169

8.9

126

9.2

(617–958)

(173–646)

(176–609)

(236–364)

(83–253)

(63–209)

Wrist

763

9.6

621

14.7

143

3.8

385

11.8

324

17.1

61

4.4

(557–1,070)

(423–876)

(71–252)

(282–550)

(229–467)

(31–103)

Total

7,958

100

4,214

100

3,744

100

3,269

100

1,895

100

1,374

100

(6,883-8,940)

(2,027-6,018)

(2,045-5,939)

(2,814-3,664)

(1,064-2,538)

(774–2,134)

  1. 95%UI = 95% uncertainty intervals; costs due to long term care are not included.