Abstracts tagged "primary care and healthcare system"

Abstract Number: 624 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Axial Spondyloarthritis: Knowledge, Screening and Referral Practices Amongst Primary Care Providers
Laura Passalent¹, Christopher Hawke ², Jeff Bloom ², Andrew Bidos ³, Soever Leslie ², Y. Raja Rampersaud ¹, Nigil Haroon ⁴ and Robert Inman ⁵, ¹Toronto Western Hospital, Krembil Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ²Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ³University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, ⁴Toronto Western Hospital, Krembil Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Early recognition is crucial in improving outcomes in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Despite this, there exists long delay between symptom onset and rheumatology…