Quality of care for gout in the US needs improvement

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 822-829

  Singh, Jasvinder A ^a,c   Hodges, James S ^a   Toscano, John P ^a   Asch, Steven M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gout; Physician adherence; Quality indicators; Quality of care; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; CREATINE KINASE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROBENECID; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GOUT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; ALLOPURINOL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COLCHICINE; COMORBIDITY; CREATINE KINASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GOUT; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; URIC ACID; VETERANS;

EID: 34250615054     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22767     Document Type: Article

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