SLIDE 1
BACKGROUND
- A rapidly ageing population in China (200m, over 60y, in
2015)a
- Estimated 1.6m people aged over 50 will have a hip fracture
by 2020b
- Huge burden, including financial, medical resources
- Limited evidence on hip fracture management
2
- a. Social Service and Development Statistical Report, China, 2015
- b. Epidemiology, Costs and Burden of Osteoporosis in Asia, 2009