title: Health plans turn their attention to the costs, complications of osteoporosis.
abstract: Even as the Surgeon General takes America's health care system to task for its failure to respond to red flags for this disease, a few pioneering health care organizations are devising new ways to get people diagnosed and treated before costs and complications escalate. At the same time, researchers are calling for treatment regimens that Americans can consistently follow.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics; D010865:Pilot Projects; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates