Patient and physician predictors of post-fracture osteoporosis management

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1447-1451

  Block, Adam E ^b,c   Solomon, Daniel H ^a   Cadarette, Suzanne M ^a   Mogun, Helen ^a   Choudhry, Niteesh K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Joint Committee on Taxation   (United States)

^c Off of Representative Diana DeGette   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphosphonates; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Patient characteristics; Physician characteristics

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; RALOXIFENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WRIST FRACTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 50049127240     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0697-7     Document Type: Article

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