ba0003pp301 | Osteoporosis: treatment | ECTS2014
Kjellberg Jakob
, Jorgensen Andreas D
, Vestergaard Peter
, Ibsen Rikke
, Krishna Arun
Objectives: To investigate the burden and impact of gastrointestinal (GI) events in osteoporosis (OP) patients by i) examining the association of GI events with the likelihood of OP treatment initiation; ii) measuring the effect of GI events on treatment discontinuation; and iii) determining the impact of GI events post-OP treatment on health care resource utilization and cost. All subjects are identified utilizing national health registries which cover the whole Danish popula...