ArticleJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research2020
Trends and Geographical Variability in Osteoporosis Treatment After Hip Fracture: A Multilevel Analysis of 30,965 Patients in the Region of Valencia, Spain.
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Abstract
Despite improvements in the therapeutic arsenal and the recommendations of guidelines, low rates of prescribing osteoporosis medications are being reported worldwide for patients surviving a hip fracture, and important geographical variation remain. We aimed to describe trends in the proportion of patients that receive osteoporosis medication after hip fracture and to analyze the geographical variation in the prescription of drug therapy and its associated factors in the region of Valencia, Spain. We studied a population-based retrospective cohort of 30,965 patients aged 65 years and older, discharged from hospital after a hip fracture from January 2008 to December 2015, who were followed up for 3 months after discharge to identify the presence of any prescription of osteoporosis medication. We conducted a multilevel multiple logistic regression analysis with two levels (individuals and health departments [HD]) to determine which individual covariates were associated with receiving a prescription of osteoporosis medication in the 3 months after discharge, as well as the importance of the HD of hospitalization. The percentage of patients treated in the region decreased from a maximum of 28.9% in 2009 to 16.4% in 2015. By sex, the proportion of women treated reached a maximum of 33.4% in 2009 and declined to 19% in 2015, while the proportion of men reached a maximum of 14% in 2011 and reduced to 8.1% in 2015. By health department, there was a noticeable variability in the rate of patients treated, ranging from 40.9% to 11.1% in the whole period (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] = 7.54%; median odds ratio [MOR] = 1.64). Proportion of treated patients decreased in 20 of the 24 HDs. Variability could be also observed with regard to choice of medication by HD. This situation pressingly demands action (both at the organizational and professional levels) focused on populations at a higher risk (such as hip fracture patients) that particularly address underutilization and unwarranted variation.
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