The health economics burden of sarcopenia: a systematic review

•Our systematic review found 14 studies that compared the healthcare costs of treating sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic patients.•Eleven of these studies showed higher healthcare costs for sarcopenic patients than for non-sarcopenic patients.•These studies were very heterogeneous regarding populations...

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Published inMaturitas Vol. 119; pp. 61 - 69
Main Authors Bruyère, Olivier, Beaudart, Charlotte, Ethgen, Olivier, Reginster, Jean-Yves, Locquet, Médéa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.01.2019
Elsevier
Subjects
Bias
Costs and Cost Analysis
economic
Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data
Hospitalization - economics
Humans
Life Sciences
Research Design - standards
sarcopenia
Sarcopenia - economics
systematic review
systematic review
economic
sarcopenia
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ISSN0378-5122
1873-4111
1873-4111
DOI10.1016/j.maturitas.2018.11.003

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