Increased frequency and costs of ambulatory medical care utilization prior to the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis: A national population-based study

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 371-378

  Lai, Ning Sheng ^a,b   Tsai, Tzung Yi ^c,d   Li, Chung Yi ^d,e   Koo, Malcolm ^a,f   Yu, Chia Li ^g   Lu, Ming Chi ^a,b  

^a DALIN TZU CHI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLITIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DUODENUM DISEASE; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HERNIA; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; JAW DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; STOMACH DISEASE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896865357     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22146     Document Type: Article

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