Integrating post-fracture care into the primary care setting (interFRACT): Protocol for a mixed-methods study to co-design a care program to improve rates of osteoporosis and fracture treatment

Abstract

IntroductionDespite evidence showing that timely diagnosis and appropriate pharmacological treatment of osteoporosis reduces subsequent fracture rates, osteoporosis remains significantly underdiagnosed and undertreated. The large and ongoing treatment gap for osteoporosis...