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. 2022 Jun 9;5(3 Suppl):e198.
doi: 10.1097/OI9.0000000000000198. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Overview of fracture liaison services in the UK and Europe: standards, model of care, funding, and challenges

Timothy J S Chesser  1 , Muhammad Kassim Javaid  2 , Zaineb Mohsin  2 , Carlotta Pari  3 , Alberto Belluati  3 , Achille Contini  4 , Vincenzo Caiaffa  5 , Francisco Chana-Rodríguez  6 , Jesus Gómez-Vallejo  7 , Coral Sánchez-Pérez  7 , Zoe H Dailiana  8 , Nikolaos Stefanou  8 , Theodoros Tosounidis  9 , Michaël Laurent  10 , Guy Putzeys  11 , Martijn Poeze  12 , Kees Jan Ponsen  13
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Overview of fracture liaison services in the UK and Europe: standards, model of care, funding, and challenges

Timothy J S Chesser et al. OTA Int. .

Abstract

Fragility fractures represent a growing global problem, including in the United Kingdom and European countries. Reports demonstrate the benefits of national guidance and organized fragility fracture programs through fracture liaison services to deliver care to patients who sustain these injuries. The challenge of assembling multidisciplinary teams, providing routine screening of appropriate patients, and monitoring therapies where there is a known compliance problem, remains an obstacle to the success of fragility fracture treatment programs to all. Efforts should continue to introduce and maintain fracture liaison services through coordinated national approaches and advanced systems.

Keywords: fracture liaison services; fragility fractures.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Figure 1
The outline model for the key steps for secondary fracture prevention in the United Kingdom.
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Netherlands Osteoporosis Guidelines.
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