Crying out for equity: outcomes of rheumatic diseases confounded by ethnicity

Shirish Dubey^{1

2}, Adewale O Adebajo^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT, Windmill Road, OX3 7LD, Oxford, UK. Shirish.dubey@ouh.nhs.uk.
² Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7HE, UK. Shirish.dubey@ouh.nhs.uk.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK.
⁴ Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Gawber Road, Barnsley, S75 2EP, South Yorkshire, UK.

Editorial

Shirish Dubey et al. Clin Rheumatol. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;41(9):2621-2624.

doi: 10.1007/s10067-022-06296-8. Epub 2022 Jul 19.

Shirish Dubey^{1

2}, Adewale O Adebajo^{3

4}

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT, Windmill Road, OX3 7LD, Oxford, UK. Shirish.dubey@ouh.nhs.uk.
² Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7HE, UK. Shirish.dubey@ouh.nhs.uk.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK.
⁴ Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Gawber Road, Barnsley, S75 2EP, South Yorkshire, UK.

No abstract available

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