Creator:

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

Geography:

North America > Canada

Categories:

• Elderly/Aging Health

Tags:

• expenditures
• female seniors
• osteoporosis
• prescription drugs
• seniors

Date:

2009

URL:

http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/products/npduis_aib_bisphosphonates2009_e.pdf

Annotation:

This analysis of NPDUIS Database data from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and P.E.I. examines trends in the use of three bisphosphonates (etidronate, alendronate and risedronate) in seniors between 2001-2002 and 2006-2007.