Osteoporosis screening rates low for Asian American Medicare beneficiaries

Rates of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) screening for osteoporosis are lower than expected for Asian American Medicare beneficiaries, according to a study published in Skeletal Radiology. Soterios Gyftopoulos, M.D., from New York University Langone Health in New York City, and colleagues assessed osteoporosis screening utilization rates among Asian American populations. The analysis included 80,439 Medicare beneficiaries. The researchers found that 15.1% received osteoporosis screening. For women, the DXA rate was approximately four times greater than the rate for men (19.8 versus 5.0%). For Asian American beneficiaries living in ZIP codes Read More