A program with a dedicated coordinator improved chart documentation of osteoporosis after fragility fracture

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1127-1136

  Ward, S E ^a,b   Laughren, J J ^a,b   Escott, B G ^a   Elliot Gibson, V ^a   Bogoch, E R ^a   Beaton, D E ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chart documentation; Fragility fracture; Orthopaedic surgeons; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 34347370300     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-007-0341-0     Document Type: Article

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