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	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Human health sciences : Public health, health care sciences & services Business & economic sciences : Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation…) Human health sciences : Rheumatology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/57738

Title :	On Conducting Burden-of-Osteoporosis Studies: A Review of the Core Concepts and Practical Issues. A Study Carried out under the Auspices of a Who Collaborating Center
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Ben Sedrine, Wafa [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé]
	Radican, L. [> > > >]
	Reginster, Jean-Yves [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Epidémiologie et santé publique >]
Publication date :	2001
Journal title :	Rheumatology
Publisher :	Oxford University Press
Volume :	40
Issue/season :	1
Pages :	7-14
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1462-0324
e-ISSN :	1462-0332
City :	Oxford
Country :	United Kingdom
Keywords :	[en] Cost of Illness ; Costs and Cost Analysis ; Humans ; Osteoporosis/economics/epidemiology ; World Health Organization
Abstract :	[en] Osteoporosis is a problem that is relevant to public health from the clinical, economic and social viewpoints. Except in a handful of industrialized countries, there is a considerable void in our knowledge of the magnitude of the problem. By exploring both the epidemiological and the economic impact of osteoporosis and the fractures associated with it in a particular country, studies of the 'burden of illness' (BOI) can fill that void. BOI analysis raises many questions at both the conceptual and the practical level. The purpose of this paper is to review the methodology underlying analyses of this type, to discuss its limitations and to provide a general format to improve their implementation in the field of osteoporosis. Investigators involved in BOI analysis should be very clear and explicit regarding the methods they adopt, so that studies in different countries can be interpreted and compared appropriately by interested parties.
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/57738
	also: http://hdl.handle.net/2268/115285 ; http://hdl.handle.net/2268/114477

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