Delivering a quality-assured fracture liaison service in a UK teaching hospital—is it achievable?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 3049-3056

  Shipman, K E ^a   Stammers, J ^b   Doyle, A ^a   Gittoes, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Falls; Fracture liaison service; Fragility fracture; Management; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL AUDIT; FALLING; FALLS RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STANDARDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84969821642     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-016-3639-y     Document Type: Article

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