A champion-driven pathway towards quality improvement in the medical management of osteoporotic fractures [2]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 341-342

  Lu, Tim Yu Ting ^a   Pink, Jennifer A ^a   Whitten, Lauren E ^a   Hill, Catherine L ^a   Adams, Robert J ^a   Gibb, Catherine ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; RISEDRONIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

AUSTRALIA; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL AUDIT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 33749462394     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00595.x     Document Type: Letter

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