Quality of osteoarthritis care for community-dwelling older adults

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-247

  Ganz, David A ^a,d   Chang, John T ^a   Roth, Carol P ^b   Guan, Min ^a,c   Kamberg, Caren J ^b   Niu, Fang ^a   Reuben, David B ^a   Shekelle, Paul G ^a,b   Wenger, Neil S ^a,b   MacLean, Catherine H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c JD Power and Associates   (United States)

^d Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Osteoarthritis; Primary care; Quality improvement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTERVIEW; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 12; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33645919002     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21844     Document Type: Article

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