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Table 4 Costs of nursing care, informal care, and special aids/equipment

From: Economic burden of osteoporotic fractures in Austria

 

Hip

Forearm

Humerus

Clinical vertebral

Rib1

Costs €

 

m

f

m

f

m

f

m

f

m

f

 

Nursing care

Mean number of nursing care hours per case

108

58

0

14

0

25

17

59

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Total number of nursing care hours

368,820

664,448

0

261,324

0

186,375

223,091

1,528,395

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3,232,453

Total costs (€)2

11,064,600

19,933,440

0

7,839,720

0

5,591,250

6,692,730

45,851,850

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96,973,590

Informal (family care)

Mean number of family care hours per case

199

130

0

32

5

163

51

111

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Total number of family care hours according to fracture type

679,585

1,489,280

0

597,312

10,590

1,215,165

669,273

2,875,455

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7,536,660

Total costs (€)3

18,688,588

40,955,200

0

16,426,080

291,225

33,417,038

18,405,008

79,075,013

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207,258,151

Special aids and equipment (crutches, wheel-chair etc.)

Mean expenses (€) per case

49,00

111,67

0,00

5,00

0,00

79,59

31,75

69,88

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34,7

Total expenses (€)

167,335

1,279,292

0

93,330

0

593,343

416,655

1,810,241

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4,360,196

  1. 1 No data available from the ICUROS.
  2. 2 Estimated cost per hour of nursing care = € 30.
  3. 3 Estimated cost per hour of family care = € 27.50.