Alicia R Jones, Danielle Currie, Cindy Peng, Peter R Ebeling, Jackie R Center, Gustavo Duque, Sean Lybrand, Greg Lyubomirsky, Rebecca J Mitchell, Sallie Pearson, Markus J Seibel, Jo-An Occhipinti
OBJECTIVES: To project how many minimal trauma fractures could be averted in Australia by expanding the number and changing the operational characteristics of fracture liaison services (FLS). STUDY DESIGN: System dynamics modelling. SETTING, PARTICIPANTS: People aged 50 years or more who present to hospitals with minimal trauma fractures, Australia, 2020-31. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Numbers of all minimal trauma fractures and of hip fractures averted by increasing the FLS number (from 29 to 58 or 100), patient screening rate (from 30% to 60%), and capacity for accepting new patients (from 40 to 80 per service per month), and reducing the proportion of eligible patients who do not attend FLS (from 30% to 15%); cost per fracture averted...
February 26, 2024: Medical Journal of Australia