[Drug therapy in postmenopausal osteoporosis. An analysis of healty service delivery].

Unlabelled: The current care and management of menopausal women diagnosed with osteoporosis was analysed by using two different data sets. We investigated prescriptions for drugs approved for the treatment of osteoporosis (vitamin D, calcium, fluoride, calcitonin, oestrogen/gestagen combinations, oral bisphosphonates) that were issued by general practitioners and primary care internists between February 1999 and February 2000 to women over 50 years of age diagnosed with osteoporosis (MediPlus database). For orientation purposes these data were compared to treatment data from the core documentation of regional collaborative rheumatology centres for patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases as their primary diagnosis and osteoporosis as secondary diagnosis.