Table 3.

Obstacles to shared medical followup related to patients’ characteristics, according to rheumatologists and PCP. Values are in %.

Condition of the Fictive Patient on Clinical VignettesRheumatologists Who Consider This Condition an Obstacle to Shared Followup, n = 6PCP Who Consider This Condition an Obstacle to Shared Followup, n = 80Real Patients with This Condition in Whom This Has Been Considered an Obstacle by Rheumatologists
Chronic kidney disease16.710.360.0, n = 10*
Erosive arthritis16.76.311.2, n = 89
Knee infiltration33.313.223.3, n = 30**
Biological agent33.341.640.9, n = 110
Small joints infiltration50.033.823.3, n = 30**
Corticotherapy50.02.719.4, n = 36
Active arthritis33.348.062.7, n = 94
Triple therapy09.6Not evaluated, n = 2

  • ↵* glomerular filtration rate < 45 ml/min.

  • ↵** regardless of the infiltrated joint. PCP: primary care physicians.