… data on osteoporosis prescriptions in post-fracture patients utilizing an administrative
database. … We believe that monitoring the trends in osteoporosis medication use is a valuable …

… of interest from www.medstat.dk , which is an online, open-source database reporting the
monthly sale of both over-the-counter and prescription-based medications in Denmark. The …

… Treatment with a different osteoporosis medication prior to the index prescription did not …
criteria for inclusion was a follow-up period of at least 12 months after the index prescription. …

… of patients prescribed osteoporosis medication and patterns of use in European databases.
… There was suboptimal persistence particularly for oral medications. Our findings would be …

… There were 66,116 eligible postmenopausal women who received at least one prescription
for one of the osteoporosis therapy drugs in this study during the period 1995 to 2008. Overall…

… some wrong or missing prescription record existed in the database, leading to an underestimation
of the use of osteoporosis medication. Finally, patients with osteoporosis fracture were …

… osteoporosis medication were eligible for study inclusion. Participants were also required to
have continuous enrollment in the database … We observed certain prescribing patterns that …

… who may not take their medications as prescribed. As the former … the literature on adherence
to osteoporosis medications, it is … database who had started daily or weekly osteoporosis …

… who filled a prescription for any osteoporosis medication and specific categories of … The
HIRA database includes claims information on inpatient and outpatient care in all clinics and …

… Because indications for medications were not identified in the database, some of the …
osteoporosis medication use in sequential 60-day periods starting with the initial prescription and …