Predictors of doctor-rated and patient-rated gout severity: Gout impact scales improve assessment

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1244-1247

  Sarkin, Andrew J ^a   Levack, Ashley E ^a   Shieh, Marian M ^a   Kavanaugh, Arthur F ^a,b   Khanna, Dinesh ^c   Singh, Jasvinder A ^d   Terkeltaub, Robert A ^e   Lee, Susan J ^f   Hirsch, Jan D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA San Diego Healthcare Systems ^*  (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

gout; health services research; patient reported outcomes; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOUT; GOUT IMPACT SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; FEMALE; GOUT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650611571     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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