Willingness to pay for improvement of physical function among rheumatoid arthritis patients as measured by Health Assessment Questionnaire

Rheumatology International

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-352

  Tuominen, Risto ^a   Azbel, Michael ^b   Hemmilä, Joonas ^b   Möttönen, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability; Function; Rheumatoid arthritis; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EATING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCOME; JOINT PROSTHESIS; JOINT SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PENSIONER; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79954432329     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1280-1     Document Type: Article

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