Research Article

Changes in Testing and Treatment Methods in Osteoporosis Care

Table 1

Composition of the number of people before matching by the propensity score.

20152020 value

Total number of doctors143287

Age20s (%)0 (0)14 (4.9)
30s (%)11 (7.7)51 (17.8)
40s (%)42 (29.4)57 (19.9)
50s (%)46 (32.2)91 (31.7)
60s (%)33 (23.1)50 (17.4)
70s (%)8 (5.6)16 (5.6)
80s (%)3 (2.1)8 (2.8)

Workplace settingHealthcare institutions with more than 200 beds (%)17 (11.9)102 (35.5)
Healthcare institutions with less than 200 beds (%)16 (11.2)50 (17.4)
General practitioner (%)110 (76.9)134 (46.7)
Non-response0 (0)1 (0.3)

Major specialty departmentOrthopaedic surgery74 (51.7)282 (98.3)
Internal medicine60 (42.0)3 (1.0)
Surgical department4 (2.8)0 (0)
Obstetrics and gynaecology2 (1.4)0 (0)
Neurosurgery1 (1.0)0 (0)
Pain clinic2 (1.4)0 (0)
Rehabilitation0 (0)2 (0.7)

Statistics were a Chi-square test.