Improvement in the Undertreatment of Osteoporosis Following Hip Fracture
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 84 (8) , 1342-1348
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-200208000-00009
Abstract
Ient is admitted to the hospital with a fragility hip fracture, a unique opportunity for diagnosis and treatment presents itself. Fortunately, several medications have proven to be effective in lowering the risk of future fractures. The purposes of the present study were to test the hypothesis that most fragility hip fractures go untreated and to determine whether educational efforts to raise physician awareness have led to an improvement in osteoporosis treatment rates....Keywords
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