Resources and tools to support new and existing Post-Fracture Care Programs
An extensive online global hub of resources, the Resource Center now provides healthcare professionals, hospitals and clinics with valuable resources to help them set up new Post-Fracture Care Coordination Programs, or to improve their existing services. Practical insights and step-by-step guidance is provided in the form of webinars and related slide kits, information leaflets, audits and reports. The website will soon host dedicated tools to help support the business case for service implementation and to assist programs in tracking key performance indicators and facilitating the management of patient pathways.
New policy guidance outlines the benefits of Post-Fracture Care Coordination Programs
By 2025 some 500 million people will be living with osteoporosis, a chronic disease which weakens bones and leaves older adults at risk of a fragility fracture - a broken bone which typically occurs after a low-trauma fall. As a result, an estimated 13.5 million fragility fractures will occur worldwide.
Fragility fractures affect older adults, and with the emergence of hyper-aging societies in which over 25% of the population is aged above 65 years, the rapidly increasing fracture incidence will pose a growing burden to health care systems all over the world. Hip fractures, the most life-threatening and costly of osteoporosis-related fractures, are expected to increase by 310% in men and 240% in women by 2050 compared to rates in 1990.
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Credit: International Osteoporosis Foundation
February 1, 2021 - Nyon, Switzerland
By 2025 some 500 million people will be living with osteoporosis, a chronic disease which weakens bones and leaves older adults at risk of a fragility fracture - a broken bone which typically occurs after a low-trauma fall. As a result, an estimated 13.5 million fragility fractures will occur worldwide.
Fragility fractures affect older adults, and with the emergence of hyper-ageing societies in which over 25% of the population is aged above 65 years, the rapidly increasing fracture incidence will pose a growing burden to health care systems all over the world. Hip fractures, the most life-threatening and costly of osteoporosis-related fractures, are expected to i