Examining the treatment gap and risk of subsequent fractures among females with a fragility fracture in the US Medicare population

SUMMARY: Our aim was to evaluate the gap in osteoporosis treatment and the impact of osteoporosis treatment on subsequent fragility fractures. We found osteoporosis medication use lowered risk of subsequent fractures by 21% and that black race, higher CCI scores, dementia, and kidney diseases reduce...

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Autores principales: Keshishian, A., Boytsov, N., Burge, R., Krohn, K., Lombard, L., Zhang, X., Xie, L., Baser, O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer London 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5524851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28536737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00198-017-4072-6

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