Development of healthcare quality indicators for rheumatoid arthritis in Europe: The eumusc.net project

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 906-908

  Petersson, Ingemar F ^a   Strömbeck, Britta ^a   Andersen, Lene ^b   Cimmino, Marco ^c   Greiff, Rolf ^d   Loza, Estibaliz ^e   Sciré, Carlo ^f   Stamm, Tanja ^g   Stoffer, Michaela ^g   Uhlig, Till ^h   Woolf, Anthony D ⁱ   Vlieland, Theodora P M Vliet ^j  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Danish Society of Rheumatology   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d Swedish Rheumatism Association   (Sweden)

^e UNIDAD DE INVESTIGACIÓN   (Spain)

^f Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELPHI STUDY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM-CARE; PATIENT PERSPECTIVE; QUALITY INDICATORS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EUROPE; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84898739654     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203765     Document Type: Article

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