Patterns of Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization and Rheumatologist Consultation Predating the Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A National Population-Based Study

• Ning-Sheng Lai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ning-Sheng Lai, Tzung-Yi Tsai

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Tzung-Yi Tsai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ning-Sheng Lai, Tzung-Yi Tsai

  Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Malcolm Koo,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Research, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Kuang-Yung Huang,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Chien-Hsueh Tung,

  Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Ming-Chi Lu

  * E-mail: e360187@yahoo.com.tw

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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