title: [Standards of care for people with rheumatoid arthritis in Europe : Translation and comments of the eumusc.net recommendations supported by EULAR performed by a national task force of the professional organisations DGRh and VRA supported by "Deutsche Rheumaliga"].
abstract: In a joint initiative by the boards of the German Society for Rheumatology (DGRh) and the Association of Rheumatology Clinics (VRA) the European "standards of care" for rheumatoid arthritis, recently suggested by the European Musculoskeletal Conditions Surveillance and Information Network (eumusc.net) and supported by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), were translated and annotated. The recommendations include aspects of the management of the disease, actual medical care, and access to information - this includes all types of support people with RA need, and, last but not least communication of the necessary knowledge. Furthermore, health care structures such as the availability of medical staff with relevant expertise are also important.
authors.affiliation: Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Claudiusstr. 45, 44649, Herne, Deutschland. juergen.braun@elisabethgruppe.de.
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authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Charité, Berlin, Deutschland.
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authors.affiliation: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
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authors.affiliation: Deutsche Rheuma-Liga, Bundesverband, Bonn, Deutschland.
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authors.affiliation: Klinik Kirchheim, Kreiskliniken Esslingen, Kirchheim unter Teck, Deutschland.
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authors.affiliation: Asklepios Klinik Altona, Hamburg, Deutschland.
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authors.initials: HM
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authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Deutschland.
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authors.lastname: Märker-Hermann
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Charité, Berlin, Deutschland.
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authors.lastname: Minden
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Gießen, Gießen, Deutschland.
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authors.lastname: Rudwaleit
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Deutschland.
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authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Deutschland.
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authors.lastname: Schett
authors.affiliation: Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie-Nephrologie, Erlangen, Deutschland.
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authors.lastname: Schuch
authors.affiliation: Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: H
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authors.lastname: Schulze-Koops
authors.affiliation: St. Josef Krankenhaus, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Deutschland.
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authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Specker
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authors.lastname: Wassenberg
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authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wiek
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authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zink
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mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D005060:Europe; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Management; Patient education; Recommendations; Rheumatoid arthritis; Standards of care