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Improving diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis: evaluation of a clinical pathway for low trauma fractures

2007-03-29

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<h4>Summary</h4> Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in hospitals is poor. We compared patient outcomes before and after implementation of a clinical protocol for low-trauma fractures. Patients in the pathway were more likely to receive information about osteoporosis or osteoporosis medications. Therefore our clinical pathway is effective in improving osteoporosis information and treatment. <h4>Introduction</h...

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Literature Corpus work: ca386d99-5cc4-5c6f-8c2c-31eb5444f9f8
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-007-0010-0
PMCID: PMC3644199

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