1. Use of a Case Manager to Improve Osteoporosis Treatment After Hip Fracture.
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Majumdar, Sumit R., Beaupre, Lauren A., Harley, Charles H., Hanley, David A., Lier, Douglas A., Juby, Angela G., Maksymowych, Walter P., John G. Cinats, Neil R. Bell, and Donald W. Morrish
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OSTEOPOROSIS ,BONE diseases ,OSTEOPOROSIS treatment ,VITAMIN D deficiency ,BONE fractures ,BONE injuries ,HIP joint ,PATIENTS - Abstract
This article presents a study regarding the use of case manager to enhance osteoporosis treatment after hip fracture. Patients who endure hip fracture are at high risk of recurrent fractures, but osteoporosis treatment rates 1 year after sustaining a fracture are less than 10 percent to 20 percent. An osteoporosis case manager intervention was developed. For a low cost, a case manager was able to considerably increase rates of osteoporosis treatment in a vulnerable elderly population at high risk of future fractures.
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- 2007
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