2012-05-24T14:57:24Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/osteoarthritis.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071120.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>The key challenge to the feasibility of arthritis performance measures is the lack of administrative data to identify the eligible population.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071015.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic disease affecting older persons.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/04/04.html Apr 4, 2006 Apr 4, 2006

April 4, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Arthritis Care for Older Patients Is Poor; Lack of Information on Medication Safety Is Biggest Shortfall.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060405.html Dec 31, 2005 Dec 31, 2005

<p>To describe the quality of osteoarthritis care provided to community-dwelling elderly patients and to characterize arthritis-related function in these patients.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050504.html Dec 31, 2004 Dec 31, 2004

<p>To compare the clinical efficacy of custom foot orthotics, prefabricated off-the-shelf shoe inserts, and supportive athletic shoes worn alone, on reducing pain and improving function for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050513.html Dec 31, 2004 Dec 31, 2004

<p>This paper studied foot pain and treatment options for children with juvenile arthritis, in particular the use of custom-made orthotics.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040818.html Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2003

<p>Sufficient scientific evidence and expert consensus exist to support a comprehensive set of measures to assess the quality of heath care for osteoarthritis.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040620.html Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2003

<p>To develop systematically validated quality indicators (QIs) addressing analgesic safety.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040407.html Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2003

<p>To develop a comprehensive set of explicit process measures to assess the quality of health care for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and analgesics use.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020817.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

<p>What study reports were available on the use of SAMe for depression, ostheoarthritis, and liver disease?</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020103.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

<p>To examine the relationship between diabetes and the incidence of functional disability and to determine the predictors of functional disability among older women with diabetes.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19981104.html Dec 31, 1997 Dec 31, 1997

<p>The objective of this study was to estimate charges attributable to osteoarthritis (OA) in a managed care organization. This is a longitudinal study based on insurance claims incurred and filed between 1991 and 1993 in a national managed care organization. Patients with claims for OA were randomly sampled to yield 20,000 study subjects.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19890901.html Dec 31, 1988 Dec 31, 1988

<p>Persons with current (i.e., active) arthritis, heart disease, or high blood pressure had a significantly increased adjusted prevalence of recent (6-month) anxiety disorder.</p>