Measuring quality in arthritis care: The arthritis foundation's quality indicator set for osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 538-548

  Pencharz, James N ^a,b   MacLean, Catherine H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Osteoarthritis; Patient safety; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ACEMETACIN; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ARTHROTEC; CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; MAZINDOL; MISOPROSTOL; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHENTERMINE; ROFECOXIB;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 4043141397     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20521     Document Type: Review

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