Impact of socioeconomic status on the course of rheumatoid arthritis and on related use of health care services

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 567-573

  Jacobi, Catharina E ^a,b,c   Mol, Geert D ^b   Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^b   Rupp, Ines ^a,b   Dinant, Huibert J ^a,c   Van Den Bos, Geertrudis A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease course; Health care use; Rheumatoid arthritis; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041734660     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11200     Document Type: Article

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