Implementation of the Western Australian Osteoporosis Model of Care: a fracture liaison service utilising emergency department information systems to identify patients with fragility fracture to improve current practice and reduce re-fracture rates: a 12-month analysis

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Western Australian Department of Health funded this research via Round 6 of the Research Translation Project programme of the State Health Research Advisory Council. Associate Professor Kathy Briffa (Curtin University) and Mrs. Jean McQuade (Arthritis and Osteoporosis WA) were part of the investigator team that attracted the funding but did not contribute to the writing of the manuscript. AMB is supported by an NHMRC TRIP Fellowship (#1132548). WDR is the recipient of a PhD Scholarship in Memory of John Donald Stewart awarded from the Arthritis and Osteoporosis Foundation of Western Australia.