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Musculoskeletal Conditions in the United States
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Incidence and economic burden of osteoporosis-related fractures in the United States, 2005-2025.
RT Burge,RT Burge,Bess Dawson-Hughes,Daniel H. Solomon,John B. Wong,King Ab,Anna N. A. Tosteson +6 more
TL;DR: This study predicts the burden of incident osteoporosis‐related fractures and costs in the United States, by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, and fracture type, from 2005 to 2025.
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Epidemiology and outcomes of osteoporotic fractures.
TL;DR: In this paper, epidemiological research was done and used to identify individuals at high risk of disabling fractures, thereby allowing careful allocation of expensive treatments to individuals most in need, which could potentially be as expensive as medical treatment of fractures.
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Epidemiological features of chronic low-back pain
TL;DR: Because the validity and reliability of some of the existing data are uncertain, caution is needed in an assessment of the information on this type of pain.
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The economic costs of pain in the United States.
TL;DR: The national cost of pain ranges from $560 to $635 billion, larger than the cost of the nation's priority health conditions and the annual cost of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
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Relieving pain in america: a blueprint for transforming prevention, care, education, and research
TL;DR: The National Academy of Sciences through its Institute of Medicine (IOM) has produced a major scholarly assessment of pain in America as mentioned in this paper, which is a tremendous contribution to the evolving nec...