An outreach program improved osteoporosis management after a fracture

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1464-1469

  Feldstein, Adrianne C ^a,b   Vollmer, William M ^b   Smith, David H ^b   Petrik, Amanda ^b   Schneider, Jennifer ^b   Glauber, Harry ^a   Herson, Michael ^a  

^a Northwest Permanente   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Electronic medical record; Fracture; Medication; Osteoporosis; Outreach intervention

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548244428     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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