Family physicians' personal and practice characteristics that are associated with improved utilization of bone mineral density testing and osteoporosis medication prescribing

Population Health Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 131-138

  Ioannidis, George ^a   Papaioannou, Alexandra ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^b   Gafni, Amiram ^b   Hodsman, Anthony ^c   Kvern, Brent ^d   Walsh, Aleksandra ^e   Jiwa, Famida ^f   Adachi, Jonathan D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^f Osteoporosis Society of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITONIN; ETIDRONIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG INDICATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CANADA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67650793515     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2008.0025     Document Type: Article

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