Influence of insurance benefit criteria on the administration rate of osteoporosis drugs in postmenopausal females.

CONCLUSIONS: Only about 40% of Korean postmenopausal female patients with osteoporosis were administered osteoporosis drugs. The administration rate in patients with a T-score between -3.0 and -2.5 was particularly low and active treatment to prevent osteoporotic fractures is required in this group. PMID: 24605190 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24605190?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery - November 25, 2014 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Orthop Surg Source Type: research