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Underuse of osteoporosis medications in elderly patients with fractures  Daniel H Solomon, MD, MPH, Joel S Finkelstein, MD, Jeffrey N Katz, MD, MSc, Helen.

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1 Underuse of osteoporosis medications in elderly patients with fractures 
Daniel H Solomon, MD, MPH, Joel S Finkelstein, MD, Jeffrey N Katz, MD, MSc, Helen Mogun, MSc, Jerry Avorn, MD  The American Journal of Medicine  Volume 115, Issue 5, Pages (October 2003) DOI: /S (03)

2 Figure Trends in osteoporosis medication use in persons over 65 years old who had a hip (A) or wrist (B) fracture. The number of hip fractures by year was as follows: n = 3359 in 1995; n = 3286 in 1996; n = 2958 in 1997; n = 2707 in 1998; n = 2579 in 1999; and n = 2436 in The number of wrist fractures by year was as follows: n = 2388 in 1995; n = 2171 in 1996; n = 2025 in 1997; n = 1851 in 1998; n = 1781 in 1999; and n = 1620 in P for trend < White bars refer to the 6 months before a fracture and black bars refer to the 6 months after a fracture. The American Journal of Medicine  , DOI: ( /S (03) )


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