Outcomes of rheumatic patients referred from Portuguese speaking African countries for medical evaluation in Portugal.

Outcomes of rheumatic patients referred from Portuguese speaking African countries for medical evaluation in Portugal. Acta Reumatol Port. 2019 Jul 22; Authors: Teixeira V, Barreira S, Valido A, Macieira C, Fonseca JE Abstract Bureaucratic, social and economic barriers may influence several clinical aspects of rheumatic diseases in patients from Portuguese speaking African countries (PALOP) displaced for medical care in Portugal. Despite the apparent advantages of dislocating patients to a more resourceful country, these patients present with long-lasting and severe rheumatic diseases with chronic damage, due to lack of precise diagnosis, ineffective referrals, lack of appropriate treatment and concomitant infectious comorbidities that may jeopardize the outcomes of these strategies. PMID: 31356584 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Reumatologica Portuguesa - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Tags: Acta Reumatol Port Source Type: research