Fracture liaison services in an open system: How was it done? What were the barriers and how were they overcome?

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 385-390

  Chandran, Manju ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Care gap; Fracture liaison service; Open health system; Osteoporosis; Secondary fracture prevention; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84890121063     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-013-0162-3     Document Type: Article

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