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The population health impact of arthritis. POHEM Workshop Group.

Abstract

The workshop was convened to develop quantitative estimates of the incidence of progressional musculoskeletal diseases in order to estimate the population health impact of arthritis. Estimates were developed for (a) the prevalence of arthritis, (b) a weighting strategy to adjust for the quality of life for the range of health states associated with arthritis, and (c) transition probabilities to represent the likelihood of disease onset and …

Authors

Tugwell P; Chambers L; Torrance G; Reynolds D; Wolfson M; Bennett K; Badley E; Jamieson E; Stock S

Journal

The Journal of Rheumatology, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 1048–1051

Publication Date

6 1993

ISSN

0315-162X