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Musculoskeletal Disorders

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Assessment of American College of Rheumatology Quality Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Pre-Quality Criteria Patient Cohort

To evaluate the ACR starter set of quality measures for RA in an actual patient cohort that preceded publication of the quality measures.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

The Complexity of Care for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Metrics for Better Understanding Chronic Disease Care

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) provide an important opportunity for understanding care of patients with a serious chronic condition.

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

Methods to Develop Arthritis and Osteoporosis Measures: A View from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

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

Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article

Quality Indicators for the Care of Osteoarthritis in Vulnerable Elders

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic disease affecting older persons.

Jan 1, 2007
News Release

Arthritis Care for Older Patients Is Poor; Lack of Information on Medication Safety Is Biggest Shortfall

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

Apr 4, 2006
Journal Article

Hospital Competition, Managed Care and Mortality After Hospitalization for Medical Conditions: Evidence from Three States

Assesses the effect of hospital competition and HMO penetration on mortality after hospitalization for six medical conditions in California, New York, and Wisconsin.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Application of Explicit Process of Care Measurement to Rheumatoid Arthritis: Moving from Evidence to Practice

The authors conducted a prospective cohort study of rates of change in disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) and/or systemic corticosteroid drug or dose for 568 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) across 6,159 clinical encounters within 12 months to examine how changes in clinical specifications change adherence.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Revalidation of the Original Cedars-Sinai Health-Related Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Questionnaire

Results support the validity and reliability of both the original CSHQ-RA and the 11-item CSHQ-RA SF when tested in representative patient population

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Quality of Osteoarthritis Care for Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Quality of osteoarthritis care provided to community-dwelling elderly patients and to characterize arthritis-related function in these patients.

Jan 1, 2006
Journal Article

Payback Arising from Research Funding: Evaluation of the Arthritis Research Campaign

There is a wide diversity of research payback. Short focused project grants seem to provide value for money.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Meta-analysis: Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs for Older Adults

Authors assess the effectiveness and essential components of self-management programs for hypertension, osteoarthritis, and diabetes mellitus.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Measuring Preference Weights for American College of Rheumatology Response Criteria for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

To estimate weights for health states comprising ACR response and different levels of adverse events associated with rheumatoid arthritis treatments.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Treating Low Back Pain

Prediction rules have yet to be published for the interventions listed as brief pain-management programmes, but there is evidence that some tools are useful in detecting psychosocial aspects of low back pain and are predictive of poor outcomes.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Efficacy of Custom Foot Orthotics in Improving Pain and Functional Status in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Randomized Trial

To compare the clinical efficacy of custom foot orthotics, prefabricated off-the-shelf shoe inserts, and supportive athletic shoes worn alone.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Using Orthotics to Improve Pain and Function Status in Children with Arthritis

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

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Case Finding for Population-Based Studies of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Comparison of Patient Self-Reported ACR Criteria-Based Algorithms to Physician-Implicit Review for Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Implications for health services research and quality improvement interventions pertinent to case finding for RA through self-report data.

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Development and Evaluation of a Patient Self-Report Case-Finding Method for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Case-finding method represents a promising tool for identifying RA patients, with potential application in research and quality-assurance activities.

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Lipids and Glycemic Control in Type II Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome and on Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Renal Disease, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, and Osteoporosis

The evidence for effects of omega-3 fatty acids on outcomes in the conditions assessed varies greatly. Omega-3 fatty acids appear to reduce serum triglycerides among type II diabetics, but have no effect on total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol.

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Measuring Quality in Arthritis Care: Methods for Developing the Arthritis Foundation's Quality Indicator Set

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

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Measuring Quality in Arthritis Care: The Arthritis Foundation's Quality Indicator Set for Osteoarthritis

Scientific evidence and expert consensus exist to support a comprehensive set of measures to assess the quality of heath care for osteoarthritis.

Jan 1, 2004

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