Welfare rights services for people disabled with arthritis integrated in primary care and hospital settings: Set-up costs and monetary benefits

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1167-1172

  Powell, Jane E ^d   Langley, C ^a   Kirwan, J ^b   Gubbay, D ^c   Memel, D ^a,b   Pollock, J ^d   Means, R ^d   Hewlett, S ^b  

^a Air Balloon Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Barton Hill Advice Service   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Cost; Modernisation; Monetary benefits; Social intervention

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL WELFARE; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 4544304923     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh278     Document Type: Article

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