Written question asked by Robert Key (Conservative) on Monday, 5 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 January 2004. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Monday, 12 January 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) osteoporotic and (b) hip fractures were treated by the NHS in each of the last five years; and what the cost was in each year. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) osteoporotic and (b) hip fractures were treated by the NHS in each of the last five years; and what the cost was in each year. [146575] Dr. Ladyman: The table shows the counts of finished admission episodes for osteoporotic fractures and hip fractures treated by national health service hospitals in England from years 1998-99 to 2002-03. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Primary Diagnosis Osteoporosis with pathological fracture Fracture of Femur/ Fracture of Neck of Femur 1998-99 3,489 43,041 1999-2000 3,361 43,983 2000-01 3,592 43,625 2001-02 3,321 42,367 2002-03 3,687 46,766 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health, England. The Department does not collect information centrally relating to costs.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 146575; 416 c617-8W;416 c615-6W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Costs Diagnosis Injuries Medical treatments Osteoporosis Fractures
Contains statistics: Yes
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