Population rates of bone densitometry use in Australia, 2001-2005, by sex and rural versus urban location

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 126-128

  Ewald, Dan P ^a   Eisman, John A ^b,c   Ewald, Ben D ^d   Winzenberg, Tania M ^e   Seibel, Markus J ^f   Ebeling, Peter R ^g   Flicker, Leon A ^h   Nash, Peter T ⁱ  

^a Northern Rivers General Practice Network   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 61349103728     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02310.x     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Kelly AM, Clooney M, Kerr D, Ebeling PR: When continuity of care breaks down: a systems failure in identification of osteoporosis risk in older patients treated for minimal trauma fractures. Med J Aust 2008; 188: 389-391.
2. Teede HJ, Jaysuriya IA, Gilfillan CP. Fracture prevention strategies in patients presenting to Australian hospitals with minimal trauma fractures: a major treatment gap. Intern Med J 2007; 37: 674-679.
3. National Institute of Clinical Studies. Evidence-Practice Gaps Report Vol 2. Melbourne: NICS, 2005.
4. Eisman JA, Clapham S, Kehoe L; Australian BoneCare Study. Osteoporosis prevalence and levels of treatment in primary care: the Australian BoneCare Study. J Bone Miner Res 2004; 19: 1969-1975.
5. Jones G, Nguyen T, Sambrook PN, et al. Symptomatic fracture incidence in elderly men and women: the Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study (DOES). Osteoparos Int 1994; 4: 277-282.
6. Ebeling PR. Osteoporosis in men. N Engl J Med 2008; 358: 1474-1482.
7. The general practice workforce in Australia; supply and requirements to 2013, AMWAC Report 2005.2. Sydney: Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee, 2005.
8. Jones DN. 2002 Australian radiology workforce report. Australas Radiol 2002; 46: 231-248.
9. Cooley H, Jones G. A population based study of fracture incidence in southern Tasmania: lifetime fracture risk and evidence for geographic variations within the same country. Osteoporos Int 2001; 12: 124-130.
10. Sanders KM, Nicholson GC, Ugoni AM, et al. Fracture rates lower in rural than urban communities: the Geelong Osteoporosis Study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002; 56: 466-470.