Abstracts tagged "cost containment and primary care"

Abstract Number: 2187 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Specialist Link Telephone Advice Cost Effectively Enhances Rheumatology Patient Care in Alberta, Canada
Yolanda Martens-Vanhilst¹, Dianne P. Mosher², Linda Slocombe¹ and Paul MacMullan³, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Med, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: The Calgary zone of Alberta Health Services serves a population of almost 2million Canadians over a wide geographical area and is underserved in terms…