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Number of patients receiving at least one prescription for drug that reduces fracture rate (HRT, calcium, vitamin D, bisphosphonate) in years before and after hip, wrist, or vertebral fracture (n=100)
| Type of fracture
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hip | Wrist | Vertebral | |
| Year before fracture (1994) | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| Year after fracture (1996) | 4 | 5 | 39 |
HRT=Hormone replacement therapy.
