Outcomes of an osteoporosis disease-management program managed by nurse practitioners

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 326-329

  Greene, Denise ^a   Dell, Richard M ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Disease prevention; Fracture risk; Healthcare delivery; Nurse practitioners; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77954197940     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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