Researchers from Chung Shan Medical University Hospital Publish Research in Osteoporosis (Osteoporosis care after hip fracture: Observation from national health insurance database and fracture liaison services): Musculoskeletal Diseases and Conditions – Osteoporosis

2023 OCT 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Business Daily -- Research findings on osteoporosis are discussed in a new report. According to news originating from Chung Shan Medical University Hospital by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “The objective of this research was to report the trend of osteoporosis care after hip fractures from usual care (UC) and to compare the quality of care with those who received fracture liaison services (FLSs). Data on osteoporosis care for patients with hip fracture were acquired from the National Health Insurance claims (UC group), and surveys from FLS programs (FLS group).”

Funders for this research include National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch.

The news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Chung Shan Medical University Hospital: “A total of 183,300 patients receiving UC and 3010 patients receiving FLS were studied. For the two groups, common osteoporosis care indicators, such as bone mineral density (BMD) testing rate, antiosteoporosis medication commencement rate, and adherence rate were described. There were 2488 participants (82.7%) in the FLS group who completed Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in 8 weeks, 155 (5.1%) who finished it between 8 weeks and 1 year. Even in 2018, when the DXA completion rate was at its highest, the completion rate in the UC group was only 23.5%. In terms of medication commencement, 2372 FLS patients (78.8%) received treatment within 3 months. Only 24.9% of the UC patients received antiosteoporosis medication within 3 months. Furthermore, antiosteoporosis medication adherence rate was 92.2% after 1 year and 83.9% after 2 years in the FLS group, but these were only 66.5% and 42.7%, respectively, in the UC group.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Patients who received FLS had more timely BMD exams, antiosteoporosis medication treatment, and higher adherence to antiosteoporosis therapy than those who received UC. The discrepancy in rates of continuing treatment became more significant over time between both groups.”

For more information on this research see: Osteoporosis care after hip fracture: Observation from national health insurance database and fracture liaison services. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2023,122():S74-S81. (Journal of the Formosan Medical Association - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-the-formosan-medical-association/). The publisher for Journal of the Formosan Medical Association is Elsevier.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2023.06.025.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Sheng-Chieh Lin, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan. Additional authors for this research include Chun-Feng Huang, Ho-Min Chen, Chih-Hsing Wu, Shih-Te Tu, Rong-Sen Yang, Wei-Jia Huang, Jawl-Shan Hwang, Ding-Cheng Chan.

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