title: One year in an Alaskan arthritis clinic.
abstract: During 1997 visits were made by 852 individuals to an arthritis clinic in Alaska serving predominantly Alaska Natives. Three hundred twenty- seven of these were seen for the first time. The ratio of women to men was 3:1. Rheumatoid Arthritis was the most common arthritic condition seen, followed by Degenerative Joint Disease and Spondyloarthropathies. Three hundred five Tlingit and 246 Eskimo made up 65% of the patients seen that year. Methotrexate was the most frequently used Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drug but the other such drugs were prescribed as well. Recording demographic and clinical information on a portable computer at the time of visit provided record linkage and the data for this report and was used in Health Care Planning.
authors.affiliation: Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Templin
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska / Q000453:epidemiology; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001168:Arthritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000208:ethnology*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D004930:Inuit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017678:Sex Distribution
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents