Government-Implemented population osteoporosis screening in rural china: achieving universal coverage with portable DXA
Government-procured pDXA enables cost-effective universal OP screening in resource-limited rural areas. Scaling this model requires culturally adapted education (e.g., Wu Chinese dialect audiovisual materials) and tiered medication subsidies for groups with low medical payment capacity, aligning with the UN Decade of Healthy Aging (United Nations, UN Decade of Healthy Aging 2021-2030, World Health Organization, 2020).
Authors
- Wenting Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0631-7803)
- Qin Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1929-2686)
- Bin Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1025-9775)
- Ying Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6855-0207)
- Fangfang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7695-7958)
- Qiong Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3757-5695)
- Huan Du
Institutions
- The Fifth People’s Hospital of Suzhou (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06486-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72