Barriers to providing adequate rheumatology care: Implications from a survey of rheumatologists in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2420-2425

  Shipton, Deborah ^a   Badley, Elizabeth M ^a   Bookman, Arthur A ^a   Hawker, Gillian A ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug costs; Medical manpower; Reimbursement; Rheumatology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RHEUMATOLOGY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0036842118     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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