title: A brief introduction to the National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases.
abstract: The National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases (NDB) is a research data bank with a broad agenda and approach to important clinical, regulatory, epidemiological, safety, effectiveness, outcome and patient care questions that cannot be answered by conventional data banks. It has systematic, ongoing quality control programs that assure high quality data. NDB-developed programs result in very efficient analytic capabilities and rapid publication.
authors.affiliation: Arthritis Research Center Foundation, University of Kansas School of Medicine, National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, 1035 N. Emporia, Suite 230, Wichita, KS 67214, USA. fwolfe@arthritis-research.org
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Michaud
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology