Relationships Between Driving Distance, Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis, and Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Receipt

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1634-1643

  Polinski, Jennifer M ^a   Brookhart, M Alan ^b   Ayanian, John Z ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Kim, Seoyoung C ^a   Lii, Joyce ^a   Tonner, Chris ^c   Yelin, Edward ^c   Solomon, Daniel H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRIVING DISTANCE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGIST; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC;

EID: 84999909509     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22333     Document Type: Article

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