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SUBMITTER: Colon-Emeric CS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9234902 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Colón-Emeric Cathleen S CS Lee Richard R Pieper Carl F CF Lyles Kenneth W KW Zullig Leah L LL Nelson Richard E RE Robinson Katina K Igwe Ivuoma I Jadhav Jyotsna J Adler Robert A RA
Contemporary clinical trials 20211127
Current guidelines recommend primary osteoporosis screening for at-risk men to reduce the morbidity, mortality, and cost associated with osteoporotic fractures. However, analyses in a national Veterans Health Administration cohort of over 4,000,000 men demonstrated that primary osteoporosis screening as it is currently operationalized does not benefit most older Veterans due to inefficient targeting and low subsequent treatment and adherence rates. The overall objective of this study is to deter ...[more]