Resources utilisation and economic burden of percutaneous vertebroplasty or percutaneous kyphoplasty for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in China: a retrospective claim database study

摘要

Patient selection process among those undergoing PVP/PKP between Jan 1, 2015 and Dec 31, 2017. *All vertebral fractures patients who meet inclusion/exclusion criteria are deemed as OVCF; the number of OVCF patients enrolled is less than the sum of patients undergoing surgery and those diagnosed with vertebral fractures because of overlap between the two groups