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ba0003pp301 | Osteoporosis: treatment | ECTS2014

Effect of gastrointestinal events on treatment patterns, discontinuation, resource utilization, and cost in osteoporosis: an analysis using danish health registries

Kjellberg Jakob , Jorgensen Andreas D , Vestergaard Peter , Ibsen Rikke , Krishna Arun

Objectives: To investigate the burden and impact of gastrointestinal (GI) events in osteoporosis (OP) patients by i) examining the association of GI events with the likelihood of OP treatment initiation; ii) measuring the effect of GI events on treatment discontinuation; and iii) determining the impact of GI events post-OP treatment on health care resource utilization and cost. All subjects are identified utilizing national health registries which cover the whole Danish popula...