Effects of social support and education on health care costs for patients with fibromyalgia

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2711-2719

  Oliver, K ^a   Cronan, T A ^a   Walen, H R ^a   Tomita, M ^a  

^a Project USE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Fibromyalgia; Health care costs; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0035200187     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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