This chapter presents an overview of access to specialist care for arthritis and related conditions in Western countries with an emphasis on emerging directions in care delivery to respond to…
Many health systems are interested in the impact of disease and interventions on non-health outcomes. Over the last 10 years, work productivity has become one of the most important topics….
There is now a considerable body of research investigating inequities in access to health care for arthritis according to socioeconomic status (SES). Conducted in a range of settings internationally, studies…
The burden of musculoskeletal conditions has always exceeded society’s efforts to redress their impacts. Beginning with the seminal cost-of-illness studies Dorothy Rice and colleagues have conducted since the mid-1960s ,…
