Osteoporosis and preventing fractures
GM, 36, June, 2006
One in two women and one in five men over 50 years suffer a fracture. These result in
substantial mortality and morbidity, and utilise two million bed-days annually. Implementing
current guidance could dramatically reduce this burden. In this article, Dr Pam Brown explains
how inclusion of osteoporosis in the revised Quality and Outcome Framework could have
motivated primary care teams to take action on osteoporosis and reduce fracture rates.
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