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Abstracts tagged "Access to care and quality measures"

  • Abstract Number: 1031 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Quantifying the Delays to Rheumatologist Consultation and Treatment Among Patients with Systemic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases

    Jessica Widdifield1, Sasha Bernatsky2, J Carter Thorne3, Claire Bombardier4, R. Liisa Jaakkimainen5, Vandana Ahluwalia6, J. Michael Paterson7, Noah Ivers4, Debra Butt8 and Karen Tu8, 1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Rheum/Clin. Epid., McGill MUHC/RVH, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, 4University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5Preventive Med and Biostatisti, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 6Past President, Ontario Rheumatology Association, Brampton, ON, Canada, 7ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada, 8Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Optimal care for systemic inflammatory rheumatic diseases often hinges upon early referral from primary care physicians (PCP) to rheumatologists. Our aim was to quantify…

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