What determines the possession of assistive devices among patients with rheumatic diseases? The influence of the country-related health care system

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 205-211

  Veehof, Martine M ^a   Taal, Erik ^a   Rasker, Johannes J ^a   Lohmann, Johannes ^b   van de Laar, Mart A F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Fachklinik Bad Bentheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Germany; Psoriatic arthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING AID;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 32844460569     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500305064     Document Type: Article

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