Outcomes for Persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis with a Rheumatologist Versus a Non-Rheumatologist as the Main Physician for This Condition

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 513-522

  Yelin, Edward H ^a,b   Such, Carol L ^a   Criswell, Lindsey A ^a   Epstein, Wallace V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Arthritis Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Rheumatoid arthritis; Subspecialty care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032036411     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199804000-00007     Document Type: Article

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