A champion-driven pathway towards quality improvement in the medical management of osteoporotic fractures

Tim Yu-Ting Lu; Jennifer A. Pink; Lauren E. Whitten; Catherine L. Hill; Robert J Adams; Catherine Gibb

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00595.x

A champion-driven pathway towards quality improvement in the medical management of osteoporotic fractures

Tim Yu-Ting Lu
, Jennifer A. Pink
, Lauren E. Whitten
, Catherine L. Hill
, Robert J Adams
, Catherine Gibb

Flinders University

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Abstract

Letters to the Editor:
The Australian Fracture Prevention Summit held in 2002 recognised osteoporosis as a major public health issue. Despite this, several Australian studies have found that a majority of patients with osteoporosis-related fractures do not receive appropriate evaluation and treatment as recommended by the clinical guidelines.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	341-342
Number of pages	2
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	185
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00595.x
Publication status	Published - 18 Sept 2006

Keywords

bone fractures
Osteoporosis
Clinical guidelines

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