Prescription Patterns of Chinese Herbal Products for Osteoporosis in Taiwan: A Population-Based Study

Table 1

Characteristics of osteoporosis population from one million random sampling cohort of the NHIR database.

Characteristics	No.	%
Age
<45	772	4.7%
45–65	6,836	41.3%
>65	8,936	54.0%
Sex
Female	13,560	82.0%
Male	2,984	18.0%
TCM use during study period
Yes	12,007	72.6%
No	4,537	27.4%
Fracture during study period
Yes	4,292	25.9%
Fracture of neck of femur (ICD-9-CM: 820)	1,355	8.2%
Pathologic fracture (ICD-9-CM: 733.1)	1,043	6.3%
Fracture of vertebral column without mention of spinal cord injury (ICD-9-CM: 805)	876	5.3%
Fracture of radius and ulna (ICD-9-CM: 813)	633	3.8%
No	12,252	74.1%
Total	16,544	100.0%