Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10514217 | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2013 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Reporting processes for antiresorptive medication initiation outcomes in secondary fracture prevention programs used heterogeneous standards that prevented useful comparison of programs. Applying different numerator and denominator combinations meant that the same observed number of patients could have resulted in different reported rates. We propose standards for reporting medication initiation rates in such programs.
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Authors
Joanna E.M. Sale, Dorcas Beaton, Josh Posen, Earl Bogoch,