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Secondary prevention of osteoporosis in non-neck of femur fragility fractures: is it value for money? A retrospective, prospective and cross-sectional cohort study

BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is one of the commonest bone diseases in which bone fragility is increased. Over 300,000 patients present to hospitals in the UK with fragility fractures each year, with medical and social care costs - most of which relate to hip fracture care - at around £2 billion. The num...

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Autores principales: Mettyas, Tamer, Carpenter, Clare
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24289492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-8-44