Ankylosing spondylitis diagnosis in US patients with back pain: identifying providers involved and factors associated with rheumatology referral delay

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1769-1776

  Deodhar, Atul ^a   Mittal, Manish ^b   Reilly, Patrick ^b   Bao, Yanjun ^b   Manthena, Shivaji ^b   Anderson, Jaclyn ^b   Joshi, Avani ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABBVIE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Anti TNF; Diagnostic delay; Referral strategies; Treatment patterns

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHIROPRACTOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UVEITIS; ADOLESCENT; BACK PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK PAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961203178     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-016-3231-z     Document Type: Article

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