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Search terms.

MEDLINE search terms

exp Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/ exp Osteoporosis/ Osteoporosis.mp *Osteoporosis/ Osteoporos#s.mp exp Bone Density/ Bone density.mp exp Bone Resorption bone loss$.mp (bone adj2 (density or fragil$)).mp bisphosphonate.mp or exp Diphosphonates/ exp Raloxifene/ or raloxifene.mp exp Alendronate/ or alendronate.mp exp Etidronic Acid/ or etidronate.mp ibandronate.mp risedronate.mp exp Femoral Neck Fractures/ or exp Femoral Fractures/ or exp Spinal Fractures/ or fractures.mp. or exp Fractures, Bone/ or exp Hip Fractures/ exp Patient Compliance/ exp Medication Adherence/ medication adherence.mp or medication compliance.mp or medication persistence.mp or patient persistence.mp medication possession ratio.mp medication possession.mp exp Cohort Studies/ observational.mp clinic.mp exp Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/ database.mp record.mp prescription.mp exp Prescriptions/ clinical practice.mp exp Drug Prescriptions/ claims database.mp 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 17 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 34 and 35 and 36 and 37

PubMed search headings

(osteoporosis OR bone density OR bone resorption OR bone loss OR bone fragility OR bisphosphonate OR bisphosphonates OR diphosphonate OR alendronate OR risedronate OR ibandronate OR etidronate OR raloxifene) AND (fracture or fractures) AND (medication persistence OR persistence OR adherence OR medication adherence OR compliance OR medication compliance OR medication possession OR medication possession ratio) AND (cohort OR clinic OR outpatient OR database OR administrative database OR record OR prescription OR clinical practice OR drug prescriptions OR claims data OR claims database)