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New policy guidance outlines the benefits of Post-Fracture Care Coordination Programs – News-Medical.Net
By 2025 some 500 million people will be living with osteoporosis, a chronic disease which weakens bones and leaves older adults at risk of a fragility fracture…
By 2025 some 500 million people will be living with osteoporosis, a chronic disease which weakens bones and leaves older adults at risk of a fragility fracture – a broken bone which typically occurs after a low-trauma fall. As a result, an estimated 13.5 million fragility fractures will occur worldwide.
Fragility fractures affect older adults, and with the emergence of hyper-aging societies in which over 25% of the population is aged above 65 years, the rapidly increasing fracture incidence will…
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