The initial cost of operating on compression fractures costs more than conservative management, but it costs less in the long run with lower in-hospital mortality and increased survival rates.
Medical management of such fractures cost $13.8 billion in 2001.
The study was published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
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