The two-year follow-up of a randomized comparison of in-patient multidisciplinary team care and routine out-patient care for active rheumatoid arthritis

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-85

  Vliet Vlieland, T P M ^a   Breedveld, F C ^b   Hazes, J M W ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hospitalization; In patient multidisciplinary team care; Outcome; Randomized clinical trial; Rehabilitation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030835642     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/36.1.82     Document Type: Article

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