Post-fracture pharmacotherapy for women with osteoporotic fracture: analysis of a managed care population in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

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Pharmacologic therapy is recommended to reduce future fracture risk. We examined osteoporosis medications dispensed to older women after first fracture. Only 23 % received therapy during the first year post-fracture. Prior osteoporosis therapy, a prior osteoporosis diagnosis, and older age were good predictors of post-fracture osteoporosis therapy.

Introduction

Pharmacologic therapy is recommended after osteoporotic fracture to reduce future fracture risk. The objective of this retrospective study was to examine osteoporosis therapy dispensed to women post-fracture.

Methods

We identified women ≥50 years old in a large administrative claims database from 2003 to mid-2012 who were continuously enrolled 2 years before (baseline) and 1 year after first osteopor

SUBMITTER: Wilk A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4221620 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature