Evaluation of a website providing information on regional health care services for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: An observational study

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 637-645

  Meesters, Jorit J L ^a,c   De Boer, Ingeborg G ^a   Van Den Berg, Marleen H ^b   Fiocco, Marta ^a   Vliet Vlieland, Thea P M ^a,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Sophia Rehabilitation Center   (Netherlands)

^d Rijnlands Rehabilitation Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumer health information; Health care services; Health services accessibility; Information need; Internet; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STUDENT T TEST; WEB BROWSER;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84859780499     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1897-9     Document Type: Article

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