Impact of the guidance on fracture Liaison Services and the introduction of a new fee for secondary fracture prevention in Japan: Implementation of secondary fracture prevention during hospitalization for fragility fractures.

ABSTRACT: In Japan, the publication of the Fracture Liaison Service Clinical Standard (FLS-CS) had no apparent effect on the implementation of secondary fracture prevention, but the introduction of a new management fee for secondary fracture prevention significantly promoted the implementation of secondary fracture prevention for the target disease.

Background

Secondary fracture prevention is important for managing fragility fractures. In Japan, the FLS-CS was published in 2019, alongside the introduction of a new management fee for secondary fracture prevention, launched in 2022 for patients who underwent surgery for hip fracture. FLS programs were hospital-based. This study evaluated the impact of these interventions on the implementation of secondary fracture prevention during hospitalizat

SUBMITTER: Gondo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11825641 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature