Does the implementation of a care pathway for patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis lead to fewer diagnostic imaging and referrals by general practitioners? A pre-post-implementation study of claims data

BACKGROUND: The Dutch care for hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) is of good quality, but there is room for improvement regarding the efficient use of diagnostic imaging and conservative treatment. Therefore a stepped-care approach, in the shape of the care pathway ‘Better exercise in osteoarthritis’,...

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Autores principales: van den Bogaart, Esther H. A., Kroese, Mariëlle E. A. L., Spreeuwenberg, Marieke D., Ottenheijm, Ramon P. G., Deckers, Patrick, Ruwaard, Dirk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6842219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31706277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-1044-2

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