Better bone density reporting: T-score report versus fracture risk report with outcome analysis

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 665-670

  Greenwald, Lark ^a   Barajas, Karen ^a   White Greenwald, Maria ^a  

^a Osteoporosis Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHALANX; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE; STANDARD; T SCORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242270744     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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