Low frequency of primary lipid screening among Medicare patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1221-1230

  Bartels, Christie M ^a   Kind, Amy J H ^a   Everett, Christine ^a   Mell, Matthew ^b   McBride, Patrick ^a   Smith, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955570708     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.30239     Document Type: Article

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