5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  Less than one-third of older adults filled prescriptions for antiosteoporosis medications within 1 year of a fragility fracture.

• 2

  The study analyzed data from 37,874 patients aged 66 and older hospitalized for fragility fractures in Ontario from 2017 to 2021.

• 3

  Only 31.3% of patients filled an antiosteoporosis drug prescription within 1 year of hospital discharge, with risedronate being the most common.

• 4

  Factors associated with higher likelihood of filling a prescription included female sex, vertebral fracture, and discharge to a rehabilitation hospital.

• 5

  Admission during the COVID-19 pandemic was linked to a slightly lower likelihood of filling a prescription for antiosteoporosis medications.