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ba0005oc1.5 | Clinical trials and osteoporosis treatment | ECTS2016

Secular trends in prescription incidence of different anti-osteoporotic drugs in the UK population aged 50 years or above from 1990 till 2012

van der Velde Robert , Wyers Caroline , Geusens Piet , van den Bergh Joop , de Vries Frank , Cooper Cyrus , vandeStaa Tjeerd-Pieter , Harvey Nicholas

Objective: To study the trends in prescription of different anti-osteoporotic drugs (AOD) in the UK population aged 50 years or above from 1990 till 2012.Methods: Retrospective observational study using the CPRD data link representative for the total UK population. The incidence of prescription of a specific AOD was calculated by dividing the number of prescriptions by the total person-years (py) of follow-up.Results: AOD prescript...

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Secular trends in prescription incidence of different anti-osteoporotic drugs in the UK population aged 50 years or above from 1990 till 2012

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