Development of ASAS quality standards to improve the quality of health and care services for patients with axial spondyloarthritis.

Uta KiltzRobert B M LandewéDésirée Mfm van der HeijdeMartin RudwaleitMichael H WeismanNurullah AkkocAnnelies BoonenJan BrandtPhilippe CarronMaxime DougadosLaure GossecMerryn JongkeesPedro M MachadoHelena Marzo-OrtegaAnna MoltóVictoria Navarro-CompánKarin NiedermanPercival Degrava Sampaio-BarrosGleb SlobodinFilip E Van den BoschAstrid van TubergenSalima van WeelyDieter WiekJuergen Braun

Published in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2019)

ASAS successfully developed the first set of QS to help improving healthcare for adult patients with axSpA. Even though it may currently not be realistic to achieve the QS in all healthcare systems, they provide high-quality of care framework for patients with axSpA that should be aimed for.

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