Design and Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Effects of Clinical Decision Support on the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 124-127

  Fransen, Jaap ^a   Twisk, Jos W R ^b   Creemers, Marjonne C W ^a   Van Riel, Piet L C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 1242291907     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20087     Document Type: Review

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