Abstract：
:Health services research in rheumatology investigates the healthcare needs, the quality of care and trends in healthcare for patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Using rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as an example, key results of health services research during the last 25 years are summarized. There are currently approximately 540,000 persons with RA in Germany of which some two thirds are regularly seen by rheumatologists. The data from the national database of the German collaborative arthritis centres show that patients are now seen earlier and to a greater extent. The intensity of drug treatment with synthetic or biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) has increased continuously. At the same time, the mean disease activity (DAS28) has decreased from 4.7 to 3.3 and approximately 50 % of patients treated early achieve remission. Physician-rated disease severity has considerably improved and fewer patients suffer from erosive disease. This corresponds with improvements in functional capacity and work participation. Health services research impressively shows the advances in rheumatological care. Further improvements at the population level are limited by the low numbers of rheumatologists in outpatient care.
journal_name
Z Rheumatoljournal_title
Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologieauthors
Zink Adoi
10.1007/s00393-013-1258-ysubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-03-01 00:00:00pages
115-22issue
2eissn
0340-1855issn
1435-1250journal_volume
73pub_type
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
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更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
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doi：
更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-008-0324-3
更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
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更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s003930050123
更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-003-0492-0
更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s003930050017
更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-007-0176-2
更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 新闻
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更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-010-0703-4
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00393-011-0834-2
更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00393-009-0457-z
更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00
