Testing population-based performance measures identifies gaps in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) care

• Main Authors: Claire E.H. Barber (Author), Lisa M. Lix (Author), Diane Lacaille (Author), Deborah A. Marshall (Author), Kristine Kroeker (Author), Susanne Benseler (Author), Marinka Twilt (Author), Heinrike Schmeling (Author), Cheryl Barnabe (Author), Glen S. Hazlewood (Author), Vivian Bykerk (Author), Joanne Homik (Author), J. Carter Thorne (Author), Jennifer Burt (Author), Dianne Mosher (Author), Steven Katz (Author), Natalie J. Shiff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The study evaluates Performance Measures (PMs) for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): The percentage of patients with new onset JIA with at least one visit to a pediatric rheumatologist in the first year of diagnosis (PM1); and the percentage of patients with JIA under rheumato...