Outcomes of care and resource utilization among patients with knee or shoulder disorders treated by general internists, rheumatologists, or orthopedic surgeons

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-35

  Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Solomon, Daniel H ^a   Schaffer, Jonathan L ^c   Horsky, Jan ^b   Burdick, Elisabeth ^b   Bates, David W ^b  

^a Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

^b Division of General Medicine   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; BOSTON; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033955092     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00313-7     Document Type: Article

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