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A decade of system- and population-based osteoporosis care improvement

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The results of a 9-year osteoporosis clinical improvement project are reviewed, and the implications for secondary fracture prevention are discussed.

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  1. Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

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Harrington, J.T. A decade of system- and population-based osteoporosis care improvement. Osteoporos Int 22 (Suppl 3), 483 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-011-1705-z

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