Johnell O, Gullberg B, Kanis J A
Department of Orthopaedics, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
Osteoporos Int. 1997;7(2):138-44. doi: 10.1007/BF01623689.
The aims of this study were to quantify the hospital burden of vertebral fracture in Europe and to compare this with that of hip fracture. Information on hospital discharges was sought by age and sex from Ministries of Health in Europe. Discharge rates for vertebral fracture, available from 12 countries, varied by more than 4-fold between countries, which was greater than the differences between sexes. Where the discharge rate was high for vertebral fracture the incidence of hip fracture was also high. Since nearly all cases of hip fracture are hospitalized, this suggests a relationship between hip and vertebral fracture risk that is not explained by different admission policies for vertebral fractures European countries.
本研究的目的是量化欧洲椎体骨折的医院负担，并将其与髋部骨折的负担进行比较。通过欧洲各国卫生部按年龄和性别收集医院出院信息。12个国家提供的椎体骨折出院率在各国之间相差超过4倍，这一差异大于性别差异。椎体骨折出院率高的地方，髋部骨折的发病率也高。由于几乎所有髋部骨折病例都住院治疗，这表明髋部骨折与椎体骨折风险之间存在一种关系，而这种关系无法用欧洲各国对椎体骨折不同的入院政策来解释。
