Frequency of Lost to Follow-Up and Associated Factors for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

Ya-Chih Tien; Ying-Ming Chiu; Mei-Ping Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150816

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Frequency of Lost to Follow-Up and Associated Factors for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

Ya-Chih Tien,

Affiliation Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua City, Taiwan
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Ying-Ming Chiu ,

* E-mail: 129273@cch.org.tw

Affiliations Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua City, Taiwan, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine & Nursing, HungKuang University, Taichung City, Taiwan
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Mei-Ping Liu

Affiliation Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua City, Taiwan
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Frequency of Lost to Follow-Up and Associated Factors for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases

Ya-Chih Tien,
Ying-Ming Chiu,
Mei-Ping Liu

Published: March 7, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150816

About the Authors

Ya-Chih Tien

Affiliation Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua City, Taiwan

Ying-Ming Chiu

* E-mail: 129273@cch.org.tw

Affiliations Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua City, Taiwan, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine & Nursing, HungKuang University, Taichung City, Taiwan

Mei-Ping Liu

Affiliation Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCT YMC. Performed the experiments: YCT YMC MPL. Analyzed the data: YCT YMC MPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YMC. Wrote the paper: YCT.

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