Petcharat PongcharoensukPitsaphun Werayingyong2025-03-112025-03-11200620252006Thesis (M.Sc. (Pharmacy Administration))--Mahidol University, 20069740471552https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/106307Pharmacy Administration (Mahidol University 2006)Osteoporosis is a major burden of musculoskeletal disorders. Osteoporosis will become a major health problem due to the increasing life expectancy and elderly population. The purpose of this study was to assess health resource utilization in treatment of osteoporos is from a provider's perspective. Hospital utilization records were retrieved from Phramongkutklao Hospital electronic database during October 2002 - September 2003, fiscal year 2003. Patients with osteoporosis diagnoses or taking medicine for osteoporosis were included There were 2,302 osteoporosis patients , 435 had osteoporosis diagnosis. The mean age of all patients was 64.11 years. The mean age of in-patients, 63.63 years, was lower than 64.05 years of outpatients. Women were the majority of patients, at 83.01%. About 67% of osteoporosis patients had at least one chronic concomitant disease. Common chronic concomitant diseases were hypertension (26.67%), metabolic disorders (20.93%), osteoarthritis (12.38%), and diabetes mellitus (9.08%). Cost of osteoporotic patient was estimated from a cost to charge ratio. Total cost of osteoporotic patients was 83.11 million Baht or 4.93% of the total Phramongkutklao Hospital cost (1.68 billion Baht). Cost of osteoporosis and related osteoporosis fractures accounted for 43.99 million Baht or 53.93% of total osteoporosis treatment cost. Outpatient cost accounted for 52.81 million Baht or 63.54% of total osteoporosis cost. A major proportion of cost was for drugs, 85.02% of total outpatient cost. For osteoporosis outpatient the services, the average cost per person and per visit was 17,674.99 Baht and 4,148.33 Baht, respectively. In-patient cost accounted for 30.30 million Baht, only 2.39% was attributed to osteoporosis admission as the principal diagnosis, 12.60% was attributed to fracture related to osteoporosis. Hip fracture was the highest cost per admission with 67,891.49 Baht, whereas, diseases other than osteoporosis accounted for the highest cost pex, 122 leaves : ill.application/pdfengผลงานนี้เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของมหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล ขอสงวนไว้สำหรับเพื่อการศึกษาเท่านั้น ต้องอ้างอิงแหล่งที่มา ห้ามดัดแปลงเนื้อหา และห้ามนำไปใช้เพื่อการค้าOsteoporosis -- therapyOsteoporosis -- drug therapyCost of IllnessCosts and Cost AnalysisHealth ResourcesMaster ThesisMahidol University