Access to osteoporosis treatment is critically linked to access to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry testing

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 896-901

  Cadarette, Suzanne M ^a,b,g   Gignac, Monique A M ^b,c,d   Jaglal, Susan B ^a,b,e   Beaton, Dorcas E ^b,d,f   Hawker, Gillian A ^a,b  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^e TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access and evaluation; Health care quality; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODENSITOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; ONTARIO; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34548059463     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318054689f     Document Type: Article

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