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Unmet demands for health care among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Indications for underuse?

  1. Catharina E. Jacobi1,*,
  2. Ines Rupp2,
  3. Hendriek C. Boshuizen3,
  4. Mattanja Triemstra3,
  5. Huibert J. Dinant4,
  6. Geertrudis A. M. Van Den Bos2

Article first published online: 3 JUN 2004

DOI: 10.1002/art.20391

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Arthritis Care & Research

Arthritis Care & Research

Volume 51, Issue 3, pages 440–446, 15 June 2004

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Jacobi, C. E., Rupp, I., Boshuizen, H. C., Triemstra, M., Dinant, H. J. and Van Den Bos, G. A. M. (2004), Unmet demands for health care among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Indications for underuse?. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 51: 440–446. doi: 10.1002/art.20391

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  1. 1

    Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

  2. 2

    Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

  3. 3

    National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

  4. 4

    Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, and Jan van Breemen Institute, Center for Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

*Leiden University Medical Center; Department of Medical Decision Making (J10-S), P.O. Box 9600; 2300 RC Leiden; The Netherlands

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 JUN 2004
  2. Article first published online: 3 JUN 2004
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 16 JUN 2003
  4. Manuscript Received: 17 MAR 2003

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  • the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development – Medical Sciences (ZON-MW)
  • Dutch Arthritis Association (Nationaal Reumafonds)

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