Shifting bisphosphonate prescribing patterns for fracture prevention: a 24-year national surveillance of men in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration
In the VHA, BP initiating patterns shifted over time towards treating older men, with much larger proportions of men who had a prior fracture and were classified as frail.
Authors
- Howard A Fink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5985-5447)
- Emily Budde
- Laura D. Carbone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1007-5949)
- Joshua Barzilay
- Frances M. Weaver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6756-9942)
- Zhiping Huo
- Robert A. Adler
- Joan C. Lo
- Susan M. Ott
- Rachel E. Elam
- Reside Jacob
- John T. Schousboe
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- Loyola University Chicago (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Augusta University (US)
- Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital (US)
- Augusta University Health (US)
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (US)
- Colorado Permanente Medical Group (US)
- Loyola Medicine (US)
- HealthPartners (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Osteoporosis
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-025-01635-z
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 39.58
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institutes of Health