Fracture Liaison Services: The UK experience

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages

  Mitchell, P J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b Synthesis Medical Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture liaison service; Osteoporosis; Policy; Quality of care; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

CASE FINDING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; FRACTURE LIAISON SERVICES; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 80052383296     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-011-1702-2     Document Type: Review

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