Methods for Assessing Fracture Risk Prediction Models: Experience With FRAX in a Large Integrated Health Care Delivery System

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-415

  Pressman, Alice R ^a   Lo, Joan C ^a   Chandra, Malini ^a   Ettinger, Bruce ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

BMD; DXA; Hip fracture risk; Reclassification; ROC

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 82855161320     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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