What does it cost to prevent one hip fracture over 3 years, using the COPE calculation posted in the chapter? Is this more meaningful than just talking about a 50% reduction in hip fractures?Explain
A Merck representative visits your office and tells you that Fosamax® (alendronate) will decrease the incidence of repeat hip fracture by 50% over 3 years. That excites you because you have 20 elderly women and 5 elderly men who already have fractured one hip in your practice. You locate the study by Black in Lancet […]