Challenges of estimating health service utilization for osteoarthritis patients on a population level

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1931-1936

  Harrold, Leslie R ^a   Yood, Robert A ^a   Straus, Walter ^a   Andrade, Susan E ^a   Reed, John I ^a   Cernieux, Jackie ^a   Lewis, Barbara Edelman ^a   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated databases; Health service utilization; Managed care; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036731994     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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