Failure to diagnose and treat osteoporosis in elderly patients hospitalized with hip fracture

Am J Med. 2000 Sep;109(4):326-8. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9343(00)00457-5.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls / statistics & numerical data
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alendronate / therapeutic use
  • Calcium Compounds / administration & dosage
  • Comorbidity
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fractures, Bone / epidemiology
  • Hip Fractures / epidemiology*
  • Hip Fractures / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • New York / epidemiology
  • Osteoporosis / diagnosis*
  • Osteoporosis / drug therapy
  • Osteoporosis / epidemiology*
  • Probability
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Vitamin D / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Calcium Compounds
  • Vitamin D
  • Alendronate