Identification of case complexity and increased health care utilization in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 216-221

  Koch, Nathalie ^a   Stiefel, Friedrich ^a   De Jonge, Peter ^b   Fransen, Jaap ^b   Chamot, Anne Marie ^c   Gerster, Jean Charles ^c   Huyse, Frits ^a   So, Alexander K L ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial; Case complexity; Health care utilization; INTERMED; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0034785992     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200106)45:3<216::aid-art251>3.0.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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