title: [The role of the family physician in cooperation and coordination management of chronic rheumatic patients].
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease that confronts the primary care practitioner with medical and organizational problems. There are only few experiences in diagnosis and therapy of (early) RA because of the low prevalence rate. Especially in rural districts there is a deficit in physiotherapists, ergotherapists, and psychologists with knowledge in rheumatology. The cooperation with rheumatologists is an organizational problem. In a study of 817 RA patients it could be shown that organizational help and, the offer of complementary therapy in the vicinity of a patient's home led to an increase of well-being and decrease in costs and severity of the disease.
authors: Institut für Medizinische Balneologie und Klimatologie, München.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ambs-Dapperger
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Senn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational
vernacular_title: Der Hausarzt als Kooperations- und Koordinationsinstanz chronischer Rheumakranker.