A survey of outcomes and management of patients post fragility fractures in China

• Published in: Osteoporosis international Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 2631 - 2640
• Main Authors: Wang, O., Hu, Y., Gong, S., Xue, Q., Deng, Z., Wang, L., Liu, H., Tang, H., Guo, X., Chen, J., Jia, X., Xu, Y., Lan, L., Lei, C., Dong, H., Yuan, G., Fu, Q., Wei, Y., Xia, W., Xu, L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer London 01.11.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bone Density - physiology; Bone Density Conservation Agents - therapeutic use; China - epidemiology; Clinical outcomes; Drug Utilization - statistics & numerical data; Endocrinology; Female; Health care; Health Care Surveys; Hip Fractures - mortality; Hip Fractures - physiopathology; Hip Fractures - therapy; Hip joint; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Mortality; Original Article; Orthopedics; Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal - diagnosis; Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal - mortality; Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal - physiopathology; Osteoporotic Fractures - mortality; Osteoporotic Fractures - physiopathology; Osteoporotic Fractures - therapy; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; Rheumatology; Self Care - methods; Spinal Fractures - mortality; Spinal Fractures - physiopathology; Spinal Fractures - therapy; Survival Analysis; China; Self-care ability; Treatment; Diagnosis; Fragility fracture; China; Mortality

Summary We found that the fragility hip and vertebral fractures caused excess mortality rates in this Chinese female population, which was unexpectedly lower than those in western countries and other Asian countries. This was the first nationwide survey relating to post-fracture outcomes conducted a...