Wrist Fracture Patients Less Likely To Be Evaluated For Osteoporosis

A disconnect between the way wrist-fracture patients and those with a spine or hip fracture are managed and evaluated has been reviewed. The study, conducted in 2007 among 97 percent of the women in Korea, reviewed the incidence of fractures around the hip, spine, and wrist in female patients age 50 and older and the prescription frequencies of bone density scans for osteoporosis, along with the use of medications for its treatment.