Quality indicators in rheumatology: Valid for whom?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1797-1799

  Vliet Vlieland, Theodora P M ^a   Huizinga, Tom W J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 72249084287     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.116582     Document Type: Editorial

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