Case Finding for Population-Based Studies of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comparison of Patient Self-Reported ACR Criteria-Based Algorithms to Physician-Implicit Review for Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 302-310

  Liu, Honghu ^a   Harker, Judith O ^b   Wong, Andrew L ^c   MacLean, Catherine H ^a   Bulpitt, Ken J ^a   Mittman, Brian S ^b   FitzGerald, John ^a   Grossman, Jennifer ^a   Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^b   Hahn, Bevra ^a   Paulus, Harold E ^a   Kahn, Katherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Algorithm; Reliability; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 11144357136     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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