CASE-STUDY - WORLD-HEALTH-ORGANIZATION ERNATIONAL-LEAGUE-OF-ASSOCIATIONS-FOR-RHEUMATOLOGY COMMUNITY-ORIENTED PROGRAM FOR THE CONTROL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES (WHO-ILAR COPCORD) IN INDONESIA AND BRAZIL

Authors
DARMAWAN J FERRAZ MB MUIRDEN KD TUGWELL P
Citation
J. Darmawan et al., CASE-STUDY - WORLD-HEALTH-ORGANIZATION ERNATIONAL-LEAGUE-OF-ASSOCIATIONS-FOR-RHEUMATOLOGY COMMUNITY-ORIENTED PROGRAM FOR THE CONTROL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES (WHO-ILAR COPCORD) IN INDONESIA AND BRAZIL, International journal of technology assessment in health care, 11(4), 1995, pp. 700-708
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Medical Informatics
Journal title
International journal of technology assessment in health care → ACNP
ISSN journal
02664623
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
700 - 708
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-4623(1995)11:4<700:C-WE>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The three-stage World Health Organization-lnternational League of Asso ciations for Rheumatology Community Oriented Programme for Control of Rheumatic Disease (WHO-ILAR COPCORD) is described. Stage I results fro m Indonesia and Brazil are presented. This is a needs-based approach t hat offers efficiency in large-scale survey research that aims to esti mate the prevalence of rheumatic diseases. It saves human resources, t ime, and cost in the collection of epidemiologic data. Awaited with in terest are the results of the next two stages of COPCORD, which involv e the development of educational programs on rheumatic disease and the evaluation of their impact on the burden of illness.