Rheumatology in the Middle East in 2017: clinical challenges and research

The World Health Organization (WHO) has ranked musculoskeletal diseases among the top ten leading causes of disability in the Middle East. The situation in the Middle East is unique as, although seventeen countries are geographical connected, there is considerable variability in the standard of rheu...

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Autores principales: Watad, Abdulla, Al-Saleh, Jamal, Lidar, Merav, Amital, Howard, Shoenfeld, Yehuda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5493117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28666485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-017-1359-0
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Sumario:The World Health Organization (WHO) has ranked musculoskeletal diseases among the top ten leading causes of disability in the Middle East. The situation in the Middle East is unique as, although seventeen countries are geographical connected, there is considerable variability in the standard of rheumatology care and research between the countries. There are several factors contributing to this variability: allocated government resources to healthcare services, country demographics, the implemented healthcare system, the number of qualified rheumatologist, political stability, and the immigration to and from these countries.

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