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The Orthogeriatrics Model of Care

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Osteoporosis in Older Persons

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As discussed in Chap. 7, osteoporosis and resulting fragility fractures can be thought of as a geriatric syndrome. Most osteoporotic individuals who sustain fragility fractures are older adults; more than 90 % of hip fractures occur in individuals who are 65 or older [1]. The risk of hip fracture doubles with every decade after the age of 50 [2], so that a woman who reaches the age of 90 years has a one in three chance of sustaining a hip fracture [3].

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    Susan M. Friedman MD, MPH

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  1. Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science, The University of Melbourne and Western Health, Saint Albans, Victoria, Australia

    Gustavo Duque

  2. Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Douglas P. Kiel

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Friedman, S.M. (2016). The Orthogeriatrics Model of Care. In: Duque, G., Kiel, D. (eds) Osteoporosis in Older Persons. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25976-5_16

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