Commentary: The five ws of a fracture liaison service: Why, who, what, where, and how? in osteoporosis, we reap what we sow

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 365-368

  Curtis, Jeffrey R ^a   Silverman, Stuart L ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FLS; Fracture; Fracture Liaison Service; Fragility fracture; Osteoporosis management; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84890020456     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-013-0177-9     Document Type: Article

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