A roadmap for education to improve the quality of care in gout

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-180

  Ogdie, Alexis R ^a   Hoch, Susan ^a   Dunham, Jonathan ^a   Von Feldt, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Gout; Patient; Physician trainees

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOUT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GOUT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 75749108627     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e328335eee3     Document Type: Review

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