Living with rheumatoid arthritis: Expenditures, health status, and social impact on patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 818-821

  Lapsley, H M ^a   March, L M ^b   Tribe, K L ^c   Cross, M J ^b   Courtenay, B G ^c   Brooks, P M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0036721065     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.9.818     Document Type: Article

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