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Use of a contact center telephone helpline in rheumatology outpatient management: A five-year experience analysis and patients’ perception

Rossana ScrivoDipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Reumatologia, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Roberta PrioriDipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Reumatologia, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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Mariateresa CoppolaDipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Reumatologia, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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Antonina MinnitiDipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Reumatologia, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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Jessica BrandtDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, U.S.A.
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Giovanna PicarelliDipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Reumatologia, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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Valentina CrucianiContact Center Close to Care TOPS, Rome, Italy
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Paolo LuziContact Center Close to Care TOPS, Rome, Italy
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Guido ValesiniDipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Reumatologia, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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Pages 585-589 | Received 16 May 2013, Accepted 18 Jul 2013, Published online: 21 Oct 2013

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