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SUBMITTER: Emeny RT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902800 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emeny Rebecca T RT Chang Chiang-Hua CH Skinner Jonathan J O'Malley A James AJ Smith Jeremy J Chakraborti Gouri G Rosen Clifford J CJ Morden Nancy E NE
JAMA network open 20191101 11
<h4>Importance</h4>Many prescription drugs increase fracture risk, which raises concern for patients receiving 2 or more such drugs concurrently. Logic suggests that risk will increase with each additional drug, but the risk of taking multiple fracture-associated drugs (FADs) is unknown.<h4>Objective</h4>To estimate hip fracture risk associated with concurrent exposure to multiple FADs.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>This cohort study used a 20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-servic ...[more]