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A Longitudinal Study of Ambulatory Physician Encounters, Emergency Room Visits, and Hospitalizations by Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 13-year Population Health Study
John G. Hanly, Kara Thompson and Chris Skedgel
The Journal of Rheumatology August 2017, jrheum.170056; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.170056
John G. Hanly
From the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Department of Medicine and Research Methods Unit, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Atlantic Clinical Cancer Research Unit, Capital Health, Halifax; Nova Scotia, Canada; Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK. Support for this work was provided by the John and Marian Quigley Endowment Fund for Rheumatology, and unrestricted funding from Glaxo Smith Kline, Canada and Roche Canada. J.G. Hanly, MD, FRCPC, Rheumatologist, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; K. Thompson, MSc, Biostatistician, Department of Medicine and Research Methods Unit, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; C. Skedgel, PhD, Health Economist, Atlantic Clinical Cancer Research Unit, Capital Health, and Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia. Address correspondence to Dr. J.G. Hanly, Division of Rheumatology, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, 2nd Floor, 1341 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4K4, Canada. E-mail: john.hanly@cdha.nshealth.ca. Accepted for publication June 2, 2017.
Kara Thompson
From the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Department of Medicine and Research Methods Unit, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Atlantic Clinical Cancer Research Unit, Capital Health, Halifax; Nova Scotia, Canada; Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK. Support for this work was provided by the John and Marian Quigley Endowment Fund for Rheumatology, and unrestricted funding from Glaxo Smith Kline, Canada and Roche Canada. J.G. Hanly, MD, FRCPC, Rheumatologist, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; K. Thompson, MSc, Biostatistician, Department of Medicine and Research Methods Unit, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; C. Skedgel, PhD, Health Economist, Atlantic Clinical Cancer Research Unit, Capital Health, and Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia. Address correspondence to Dr. J.G. Hanly, Division of Rheumatology, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, 2nd Floor, 1341 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4K4, Canada. E-mail: john.hanly@cdha.nshealth.ca. Accepted for publication June 2, 2017.
Chris Skedgel
From the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Department of Medicine and Research Methods Unit, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Atlantic Clinical Cancer Research Unit, Capital Health, Halifax; Nova Scotia, Canada; Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK. Support for this work was provided by the John and Marian Quigley Endowment Fund for Rheumatology, and unrestricted funding from Glaxo Smith Kline, Canada and Roche Canada. J.G. Hanly, MD, FRCPC, Rheumatologist, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; K. Thompson, MSc, Biostatistician, Department of Medicine and Research Methods Unit, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; C. Skedgel, PhD, Health Economist, Atlantic Clinical Cancer Research Unit, Capital Health, and Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia. Address correspondence to Dr. J.G. Hanly, Division of Rheumatology, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, 2nd Floor, 1341 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4K4, Canada. E-mail: john.hanly@cdha.nshealth.ca. Accepted for publication June 2, 2017.
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The Journal of Rheumatology
Vol. 51, Issue 4
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A Longitudinal Study of Ambulatory Physician Encounters, Emergency Room Visits, and Hospitalizations by Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A 13-year Population Health Study
John G. Hanly, Kara Thompson, Chris Skedgel
The Journal of Rheumatology Aug 2017, jrheum.170056; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.170056