Benchmarking and the percentile assessment of RA: Adding a new dimension to rheumatic disease measurement

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 994-995

  Wolfe, F ^a   Choi, H K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DATA BASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL TRIALS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034761716     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.11.994     Document Type: Short Survey

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