Choosing wisely: The American College of Rheumatology's top 5 list of things physicians and patients should question

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-339

  Yazdany, Jinoos ^a   Schmajuk, Gabriela ^a   Robbins, Mark ^b   Daikh, David ^a   Beall, Ashley ^c   Yelin, Edward ^a   Barton, Jennifer ^a   Carlson, Adam ^a   Margaretten, Mary ^a   Zell, Joann ^d   Gensler, Lianne S ^a   Kelly, Victoria ^e   Saag, Kenneth ^f   King, Charles ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Atrius Health   (United States)

^c PC   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g NORTH MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 84874488697     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21930     Document Type: Article

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