Relationship between antidementia medication and fracture prevention in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia using a nationwide health insurance claims database

Relationship between antidementia medication and fracture prevention in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia using a nationwide health insurance claims database

Abstract This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the association between antidementia medication use and incidence of new vertebral, hip, and radial fractures in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD). We used the nationwide health insurance claims database of Japan from 2012 to 2019 and identif...

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Main Authors: Tatsuya Hosoi, Mitsutaka Yakabe, Shoya Matsumoto, Kenji Fujimori, Junko Tamaki, Shinichi Nakatoh, Shigeyuki Ishii, Nobukazu Okimoto, Kuniyasu Kamiya, Masahiro Akishita, Masayuki Iki, Sumito Ogawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34173-0

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34173-0

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