Do physicians within the same practice setting manage osteoporosis patients similarly? Implications for implementation research

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1921-1927

  Curtis, J R ^a   Arora, T ^a   Xi, J ^b   Silver, A ^c   Allison, J J ^a   Chen, L ^a   Saag, K G ^a   Schenck, A ^c   Westfall, A O ^a   Colon Emeric C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternating logistic regression; Fracture; Glucocorticoid; Group randomized trial; Nursing home; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSING HOME; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 76449097118     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-009-0900-7     Document Type: Article

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