Uptake of osteoporosis treatment recommended by an orthogeriatrics service after hip fracture: Retrospective cohort study of prevalence and potential barriers and enablers at a tertiary referral hospital in Sydney.

Objective: The primary aim was to determine the 12-month period prevalence of and time to osteoporosis treatment following minimal trauma hip fractures in patients who were recommended treatment by an orthogeriatrics service. The secondary aim was to determine the factors associated with receiving treatment including the impact of osteoporosis clinic follow-up.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients with minimal trauma hip fractures admitted at a tertiary hospital in Sydney between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2019 was performed.

Incidence of hip and other osteoporotic fractures in elderly men and women: Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology Study.

Unlabelled: In this prospective 12-year study in men and women 60 years of age and older, there was a 4-6% per year reduction in the incidence rate of overall osteoporotic fractures, but the study was unable to exclude any change in the hip fracture incidence rate. Approximately one-half of hip fractures occurred before 80 years in men and two-thirds before 85 years in women. The age distribution of hip fractures underlines the need for earlier intervention in osteoporosis.