Relative costs and effectiveness of specialist and general internist ambulatory care for patients with 2 chronic musculoskeletal conditions

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1488-1495

  Anderson, Jennifer J ^a   Ruwe, Mathilda ^a   Miller, Donald R ^a   Kazis, Lewis ^a   Felson, David T ^a   Prashker, Mark ^a  

^a Clinical Epidemiology Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Knee osteoarthritis; Marginal cost effectiveness ratio; Sf 36; Veterans administration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; RHEUMATOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BOSTON; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPECIALISM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035992961     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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