Revista española de salud pública
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Rev. Esp. Salud Publica · Jan 2017
[Primary and Secondary Prevention of Hip Fragility Fracture in Teruel Health Sector, Aragon, Spain].
Osteoporosis should be prevented, diagnosed and treated, preferably before the fragility fracture occurs. The objective was to analyze primary and secondary interventions carried out in individuals diagnosed with femur fragility fracture at Teruel in 2014. ⋯ Primary pharmacologic prevention and assessment of osteoporosis or risk of fracture are unfrequent in our health district.. Although pharmacologic treatment is prescribed more frequently in Teruel than in other areas after a hip or vertebral fracture, additional measures should be taken in order to improve fragility fracture prevention.