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Comparison Of Osteoporosis Pharmacotherapy Fracture Rates: Analysis Of A Marketscan® Claims Database Cohort, Alan W. Reynolds, Guodong Liu, Paul T. Kocis, Jenna N. Skowronski, Douglas L. Leslie, Edward J. Fox
Comparison Of Osteoporosis Pharmacotherapy Fracture Rates: Analysis Of A Marketscan® Claims Database Cohort, Alan W. Reynolds, Guodong Liu, Paul T. Kocis, Jenna N. Skowronski, Douglas L. Leslie, Edward J. Fox
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Background: Several different classes of medications have been shown to be efficacious at preventing fractures in patients with osteoporosis. No study has compared real world efficacy at preventing fractures between all currently approved medications.
Objectives: To directly compare the efficacy of all currently available osteoporosis medications by using a large population claims database.
Methods: The Truven Health Analytics MarketScan® database from 2008 - 2012 was used to identify all patients who started a new osteoporosis medication. Patients who experienced a fracture after at least 12 months of treatment were identified and risk factors for fracture for all patients were recorded. …