Clinical and economic consequences of the treatment gap in knee osteoarthritis management

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 887-892

  London, Nicholas J ^a   Miller, Larry E ^b,c   Block, Jon E ^c  

^a HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Miller Scientific Consulting LLC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRACE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LONG TERM CARE; ORTHOTICS; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 79955725099     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.02.044     Document Type: Article

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