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See Latest ArticlesPredictors of oral bisphosphonate prescriptions in post-menopausal women with osteoporosis in a real-world setting in the USA
Osteoporosis International, 10/06/09
Asche C et al. – Certain patient characteristics are predictors of physicians prescribing oral bisphosphonates. However, many patients remain untreated.
Methods- Females age 50+ years with first fracture, osteoporosis diagnosis, or BMD ≤ 2.5 (index date) were identified in Geisinger Health System electronic health record database
- Treatment defined as oral bisphosphonate prescription order (risedronate sodium, ibandronate sodium, or alendronate) ≤ 90 days post-index date
- Treatment rates assessed and a multivariate logistic model used to identify predictors of treatment separately for patients with fracture (FRAC) and with diagnosis or low BMD (ICD-9-BMD)
- FRAC group had 2,003 female patients with a mean (SD) age of 69.0 (± 11.3) years and the ICD-9-BMD group had 12,976 female patients with a mean (SD) age of 66.9 (± 10.0) years
- Within 90 days of the index date of fracture, diagnosis, or low BMD score, 188 (9.4%) patients in FRAC group and 5,395 (41.6%) in ICD-9-BMD group received treatment
- Treatment positively associated with age and oral corticosteroids and negatively associated with BMI and subsequent BMD in both groups
- Smoking currently positively associated with treatment in ICD-9-BMD group
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