Avioli L V
Washington University Medical Center, Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, MO 63110.
Calcif Tissue Int. 1991;49 Suppl:S5-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02555078.
The international incidences of osteoporosis and the hip fracture syndrome are increasing at alarming rates. The estimated increases in rates of fracture over the next decade may also prove to be conservative, because of progressive increases in numbers of elderly people who will fall because of muscular degeneration, failing vision, postural hypotension, and loss of cognitive function resulting from the ever-increasing abuse of mixtures of drugs. Changing patterns of hip fracture care, including extended use of hospital beds and of rehabilitation and nursing-home beds could lead to substantial and escalating annual costs in national health care budgets. Such a budget currently approximates 10 billion dollars in the United States alone.
骨质疏松症和髋部骨折综合征的国际发病率正以惊人的速度上升。由于老年人数量不断增加，他们会因肌肉退化、视力下降、体位性低血压以及因滥用药物混合物导致认知功能丧失而跌倒，预计未来十年骨折发生率的增长可能也较为保守。髋部骨折护理模式的改变，包括延长医院病床以及康复和疗养院病床的使用，可能导致国家医疗保健预算的年度成本大幅上升且不断增加。仅在美国，这样的预算目前就接近100亿美元。
