Defining quality of care in rheumatology: The American College of rheumatology white paper on quality measurement

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-9

  Saag, Kenneth G ^a,j   Yazdany, Jinoos ^b   Alexander, Christopher ^c   Caplan, Liron ^d   Coblyn, Jonathan ^e   Parekh Desai, Sonali ^e   Harrington Jr , Timothy ^f   Liu, Jigna ^a   McNiff, Kristen ^g   Newman, Eric ^h   Olson, Richard ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Earlysville   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g American College of Rheumatology   (United States)

^h GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Rockford Orthopedic Associates   (United States)

^j The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; STANDARD;

HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952274345     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20369     Document Type: Article

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