title: EULAR efforts to define quality of care.
abstract: EULAR is deeply involved in the field of quality of care of musculoskeletal disorders via numerous initiatives. EULAR has promoted initiatives in the different steps involved in improving/facilitating quality of care (e.g. original studies (basic, translational, clinical research studies), meta-analysis/systematic liter-ature research, elaboration and dissemination of recommendations, ...).Moreover, EULAR is promoting educational programs and is lobbying at the European Community level in order to improve the recognition of musculo-skeletal disorders.
authors.affiliation: Paris-Descartes University, Medicine Faculty, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France. maxime.dougados@cch.aphp.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dougados
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012952:Societies