Figure 2.

The number of patients prescribed each agent for osteoporosis in the cohort. Legend: The numbers of patients prescribed bisphosphonates, estrogen and a selective estrogen receptor modulator, as well as other agents for osteoporosis, each year in a cohort of 6293 osteoporosis patients are illustrated with a dark gray line of diamonds, a gray line of triangles and a light gray line of squares, respectively. The year 2000 contains 2 months, and the year 2010 contains 10 months. The numbers of patients receiving osteoporosis medications in each year are shown below the graph