Fragility fractures: proposal of the best practice through the fracture coordination units: the experience of Mexico

Fragility fractures represent a health problem in Mexico and in the world. This paper reviews and puts forward the implementation of Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) as a feasible and cost-effective alternative in health institutions in our country through the identification, treatment, and follow-up...

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Published in:Archives of osteoporosis 2022-12, Vol.17 (1), p.8-8, Article 8
Main Authors: Méndez-Sánchez, Lucía, Caló, Mónica, Javaid, Muhammad Kassim, Aguilar, Grushenka, de León, Andrea Olascoaga-Gómez, Viveros-García, Juan Carlos, FranciscoTorres-Naranjo, Clark, Patricia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Endocrinology
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mexico
Orthopedics
Osteoporosis
Osteoporotic Fractures - epidemiology
Position Paper
Secondary Prevention
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Summary:Fragility fractures represent a health problem in Mexico and in the world. This paper reviews and puts forward the implementation of Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) as a feasible and cost-effective alternative in health institutions in our country through the identification, treatment, and follow-up of this type of fractures.
ISSN:1862-3522
1862-3514
DOI:10.1007/s11657-021-01044-y