Implementation of a fracture liaison service program may lead to effective treatment for osteoporosis among patients with fragility fractures of the hip, according to results.

Gershon Zinger, MD, MS, and colleagues randomly assigned 200 patients older than age 50 years with a fragility fracture of the hip to either a control group (n=99) or intervention group (n=101). Researchers provided patients in the control group with a letter at the time of discharge that encouraged their primary care physicians to start medication for osteoporosis.