TY - JOUR T1 - Drs. Neogi and Felson reply JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 443 LP - 443 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.080955 VL - 36 IS - 2 AU - TUHINA NEOGI AU - DAVID T. FELSON Y1 - 2009/02/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/36/2/443.1.abstract N2 - We thank Dr. Kirwan for his insightful comments regarding potential concerns about relying on a physician global assessment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity assessment. We agree that “which physician” is providing his/her global assessment is an important determinant of the validity and reliability of such an outcome. While we advocated the use of composite indices of disease activity over individual core … Address reprint requests to Dr. Neogi. ER -