The impact of 'best-practice' patient care in fibromyalgia on practice economics

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 793-798

  Brown, T Michelle ^a   Garg, Suchita ^a   Chandran, Arthi B ^b   McNett, Michael ^c   Silverman, Stuart L ^d   Hadker, Nandini ^a  

^a Abt Bio Pharma Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c APAC Center for Pain Management   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

costs; fibromyalgia; office visits; patient management; practice economics; primary care physician

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84863305108     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01678.x     Document Type: Article

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