TY - JOUR T1 - Delayed Referral of Female Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Where Are We Now? A Study Spanning 3 Decades JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol DO - 10.3899/jrheum.220429 SP - jrheum.220429 AU - Bastiaan van Dijk AU - Annette van der Helm-van Mil Y1 - 2022/09/15 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2022/09/11/jrheum.220429.abstract N2 - In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), timely initiation of treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs is associated with better outcomes.1,2 In many countries, the swiftness of treatment initiation depends highly on timely referral to the rheumatologist by the general practitioner (GP).3 ER -