International comparisons of the consultation prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions using population-based healthcare data from England and Sweden

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 212-218

  Jordan, Kelvin P ^a   Jóud, Anna ^b,c   Bergknut, Charlotte ^b,c   Croft, Peter ^a   Edwards, John J ^a   Peat, George ^a   Petersson, Ingemar F ^b,c   Turkiewicz, Aleksandra ^b   Wilkie, Ross ^a   Englund, Martin ^b,c,d  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; LOW BACK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889675764     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202634     Document Type: Article

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