The financial burden of osteoporotic fractures in Austria is substantial. Our findings may have implications for future economic analyses, and also support health care authorities in their decision making. </AbstractSection> Copyright Dimai et al.; licensee Springer. 2012

PLAI dominates RLAI and compared with the other treatment strategies PLAI has shown to be more effective but results in higher costs in base-case scenario. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013