Costs, outcomes, and patient satisfaction by provider type for patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions: A critical review of the literature and proposed methodologic standards

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-60

  Solomon, Daniel H ^a   Bates, David W ^a   Panush, Richard S ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COXITIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LOW BACK PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030740671     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-1-199707010-00009     Document Type: Review

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