Do patients receive recommended treatment of osteoporosis following hip fracture in primary care?

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Petrella, Robert J ^a,b   Jones, Tim J ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; RISEDRONIC ACID; VITAMIN D; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REHABILITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; AFTERCARE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIP FRACTURES; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIPHOSPHONATES; DRUG UTILIZATION; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33746484446     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-7-31     Document Type: Article

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