PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - LaVallee, Lisa A.
AU  - Scott, Mollie Ashe
AU  - Hulkower, Stephen D.
TI  - Challenges in the Screening and Management of Osteoporosis
AID  - 10.18043/ncm.77.6.416
DP  - 2016 Nov 01
TA  - North Carolina Medical Journal
PG  - 416--419
VI  - 77
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/77/6/416.short
4100  - http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/77/6/416.full
SO  - N C Med J2016 Nov 01; 77
AB  - Osteoporosis imposes a significant burden of morbidity, mortality, and cost on patients and the health care system. Compliance with existing screening and treatment recommendations is low. There are multiple barriers to treatment including complexity of medical management, cost of medications, real and perceived side effects of medications, and nonadherence.