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Osteoporosis Overtreatment in a Regional Health Care System

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: This cohort study estimates the incidence of osteoporosis overtreatment of women in a health system where DXA reports include T scores for anatomic sites that guidelines recommend against using as a basis for treatment.

Source: JAMA Internal Medicine

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6020

Authors: Joshua J. Fenton, John A. Robbins, Anna Lee D. Amarnath, Peter Franks

Institutions: University of California Davis Medical Center, California Department of Health Care Services

Language: English

Topic: Bone health and osteoporosis research

Subfield: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Awards: UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, QUALITY SAFETY COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH TRAINING (QSCERT)

OpenAlex ID: W2226582598

FWCI: 6.499

Cites: 4

Cited by: 29

Related to: 10