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In 2006, there were about 254,000 hospital stays that involved an injury likely due to osteoporosis–a 55% increase since 1995. In 2006, the related hospital costs totaled $2.4 billion.
Russo C, Holmquist L, Elixhauser A. U.S. Hospitalizations Involving Osteoporosis and Injury, 2006. H-Cup Statistical Brief. 2009; 76. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb76.pdf