Ambulatory visit utilization in a national, population-based sample of adults with osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1694-1703

  Cisternas, Miriam G ^a   Yelin, Edward ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^c   Solomon, Daniel H ^c   Wright, Elizabeth A ^c   Losina, Elena ^d  

^a MGC Data Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JOINT STIFFNESS; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549101935     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24897     Document Type: Article

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