- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Estimating the costs and the benefits of preventing osteoporosis-related fractures, 1997
- Creator:
- Barefield, Eric M.
- Date of Original:
- 1997-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study was undertaken to estimate the annual cost of osteoporosis-related fracture of the hip, spine, and wrist. These cost estimates were then weighed against the benefits of reducing the risk of osteoporosis-related fractures. The cost of illness method was used to estimate the direct medical cost of the osteoporosis-related fractures. The value of lost productivity for time spent from work as a result of the fracture was estimated using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers. The value of lost productivity due to premature death was estimated using Landefeld and Seskin's estimate of the value of statistical life. The demand curves were estimated using OLS. The results were used to calculate consumer surplus. The study estimates the net benefits from raising calcium intake for all race and gender groups.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1997_barefield_eric_m.pdf
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
