Lijecnicki vjesnik 2007;129(8-9)
KVANTITATIVNA KLINIČKA REUMATOLOGIJA
Simeon Grazio
Abstract
Modern medicine has advanced significantly through quantitative measurements in defining and describing the patient's condition and the effectiveness of treatment. Changes in the health care system also require the measurement of treatment outcomes to justify the application of different forms of patient care and to ensure its quality. The development and validation of measures of health and functioning enabled their application in various fields of medicine, including rheumatology.