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Rheumatology 2002; 41: 356-357
© 2002 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Rheumatology day care and the impact of biological therapies—the Belfast experience

A. P. Cairns, S. A. Wright, J. D. Patton, E. Campalani and A. J. Taggart

Department of Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Stockman's Lane, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

SIR, Changing medical practice in rheumatology has resulted in fewer hospital admissions and increasing numbers of patients being seen in day-ward settings. The available evidence suggests that this is acceptable to patients and results in similar outcomes to in-patient treatment, with some reduction in hospital costs [1]. The rheumatology day ward in Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast, opened in 1996. It . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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