Rehabilitation provided to patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A comparison of three different rheumatology clinics in Austria, Sweden and the UK from the perspectives of patients and health professionals

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 174-182

  Prodinger, Birgit ^a,b   Ndosi, Mwidimi ^c   Nordenskiöld, Ulla ^d   Stamm, Tanja ^a   Persson, Gert ^e   Andreasson, Ingrid ^f   Lundgren Nilsson, Åsa ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e Patient Research Partner   (Sweden)

^f SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delivery of healthcare; Interdisciplinary communication; Multi centre study; Patient perspective; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84929257941     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: 16512081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1914     Document Type: Article

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