title: Health services research in arthritis musculoskeletal disease.
abstract: This paper reviews recent studies in national patterns of disability related to arthritis, longitudinal studies of outcome in arthritis, the effects of the prospective payment system on outcomes of hip fracture patients, and recent studies of geographic variation in treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal disease. It also reviews recent papers on clinimetric issues and advances in measuring disease activity.
authors.affiliation: New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Charlson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Williams-Russo
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006296:Health Services; D006304:Health Status; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D012106:Research