Closing the Postfracture Care Gap Using Administrative Health Databases: Design and Implementation of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 422-427

  Caetano, Patricia A ^a   LaBine, Lisa ^a   Klassen, Penny ^a   Dreilich, Darlene ^a   Leslie, William D ^b  

^a Manitoba Health   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Bone densitometry; Care gap; Fracture; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PREDNISONE; VITAMIN D;

ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTH DATABASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BONE DENSITY; CANADA; CARE GAP; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; POSTFRACTURE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX RATIO; SPINE FRACTURE; STUDY DESIGN; USUAL CARE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 82855165174     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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