Access to rheumatologists among patients with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis in a Canadian universal public healthcare system

OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to estimate the percentage of patients with incident rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were seen by a rheumatologist within 3, 6 and 12 months of suspected diagnosis by a family physician, and assess what factors may influence the time frame with which patients are seen. SE...

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Autores principales: Widdifield, Jessica, Paterson, J Michael, Bernatsky, Sasha, Tu, Karen, Thorne, J Carter, Ivers, Noah, Butt, Debra, Jaakkimainen, R Liisa, Gunraj, Nadia, Ahluwalia, Vandana, Bombardier, Claire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
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Rheumatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3913026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24486677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003888

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3913026/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24486677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003888

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