S
ince 1998, the number of fractures of the femur neck caused by osteoporosis has increased by over 25% in member countries the European Union.With an annual total of 480 000 fractures, the costs associated with the disease literally fly. They approaching and 5 billion euros a year. And it only for hospital care.
Without taking into account the costs of rehabilitation and social support, which are unavoidable.
But the prospects are not encouraging. Partly as a result of population ageing. Thus the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) provide for a tripling of the number of cases of osteoporosis in the next five years.
For this organization, the action of European governments in the management of the disease is "disappointing".
Indeed, the measures taken in the European Union in recent years have not been conclusive. According to the IOF, the most urgent task is "to ensure that health systems fund screening tests for all women at risk."
A wish that joined exactly one made last week by the French National Academy of Medicine ...
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