Aurélie Chausset, Céline Lambert, Alexandre Belot, Etienne Merlin, Elvira Cannizzaro, Isabelle Kone-Paut, Claire Ballot, Valérie Devauchelle, Sylvaine Poignant, Raffaella Carlomagno, Anne Lohse, Catherine Barbier, Véronique Despert, Aurélia Carbasse, Laetitia Sparsa, Eva Adank, Federica Vanoni, Héloise Reumaux, Pascal Pillet, Daniela Kaiser, Michael Hofer, Caroline Freychet, Anne-Marie Schott
BACKGROUND: Despite guidelines, poor access to appropriate care for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients remains a global issue. Prompt referral to a pediatric rheumatology (PR) center and effective care is known to be critical for changing the natural history of the disease and improving long-term prognosis. This project assesses socio-economic factors of delayed referral to a pediatric rheumatologist (PRst) for JIA patients in France and Switzerland within the Juvenile Inflammatory Rheumatism (JIR) Cohort...
March 14, 2023: Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal