Testing population-based performance measures identifies gaps in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) care

Abstract Background The study evaluates Performance Measures (PMs) for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): The percentage of patients with new onset JIA with at least one visit to a pediatric rheumatologist in the first year of diagnosis (PM1); and the percentage of patients with JIA under rheumato...

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Main Authors: Claire E.H. Barber, Lisa M. Lix, Diane Lacaille, Deborah A. Marshall, Kristine Kroeker, Susanne Benseler, Marinka Twilt, Heinrike Schmeling, Cheryl Barnabe, Glen S. Hazlewood, Vivian Bykerk, Joanne Homik, J. Carter Thorne, Jennifer Burt, Dianne Mosher, Steven Katz, Natalie J. Shiff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-019-4379-4