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SynthesisOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2013

Models of care for the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

K Ganda, M Puech, J S Chen, R Speerin, J Bleasel, J R Center, J A Eisman, L March, M J Seibel

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Synthesis in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 193 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

193 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Examining treatment targets and equity in bone-active medication use within secondary fracture prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024
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  10. European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2019
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  11. Economic impact and cost-effectiveness of fracture liaison services: a systematic review of the literature.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2018
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  12. Identifying characteristics of an effective fracture liaison service: systematic literature review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2018
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  14. Fracture liaison service (FLS) is associated with lower subsequent fragility fracture risk and mortality: NoFRACT (the Norwegian capture the fracture initiative).Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  15. Effect of coordinator-based osteoporosis intervention on quality of life in patients with fragility fractures: a prospective randomized trial.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022
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  16. Evaluation of a Multimodal, Direct-to-Patient Educational Intervention Targeting Barriers to Osteoporosis Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2018
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  18. Post-fracture care: do we need to educate patients rather than doctors? The PREVOST randomized controlled trial.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

K GandaDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Bone Research Program, ANZAC Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Concord, NSW, 2139, Australia. kgan7206@uni.sydney.edu.au
M Puech
J S Chen
R Speerin
J Bleasel
J R Center
J A Eisman
L March
M J Seibel

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most people presenting with incident osteoporotic fractures are neither assessed nor treated for osteoporosis to reduce their risk of further fractures, despite the availability of effective treatments. We evaluated the effectiveness of published models of care for the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures. We searched eight medical literature databases to identify reports published between 1996 and 2011, describing models of care for secondary fracture prevention. Information extracted from each publication included study design, patient characteristics, identification strategies, assessment and treatment initiation strategies, as well as outcome measures (rates of bone mineral density (BMD) testing, osteoporosis treatment initiation, adherence, re-fractures and cost-effectiveness). Meta-analyses of studies with valid control groups were conducted for two outcome measures: BMD testing and osteoporosis treatment initiation. Out of 574 references, 42 articles were identified as analysable. These studies were grouped into four general models of care-type A: identification, assessment and treatment of patients as part of the service; type B: similar to A, without treatment initiation; type C: alerting patients plus primary care physicians; and type D: patient education only. Meta-regressions revealed a trend towards increased BMD testing (p = 0.06) and treatment initiation (p = 0.03) with increasing intensity of intervention. One type A service with a valid control group showed a significant decrease in re-fractures. Types A and B services were cost-effective, although definition of cost-effectiveness varied between studies. Fully coordinated, intensive models of care for secondary fracture prevention are more effective in improving patient outcomes than approaches involving alerts and/or education only.

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Models, OrganizationalBone Density Conservation AgentsCost-Benefit AnalysisDelivery of Health CareHumansOsteoporosisOsteoporotic FracturesSecondary PreventionBone Density Conservation Agents

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