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Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of nurse-lead care involving education and engagement of patients and a treat-to-target urate-lowering strategy versus usual care for gout: a randomised controlled trial (2018)
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Doherty, M., Jenkins, W., Richardson, H., Sarmanova, A., Abhishek, A., Ashton, D., …Zhang, W. (2018). Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of nurse-lead care involving education and engagement of patients and a treat-to-target urate-lowering strategy versus usual care for gout: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 392(10156), 1403-1412. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2932158-5

Background: In the UK gout management is suboptimal, only 40% of patients receiving urate-lowering therapy (ULT), usually without titration to a target serum urate (SU) level. Nurses successfully manage many diseases in primary care. This trial compa... Read More about Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of nurse-lead care involving education and engagement of patients and a treat-to-target urate-lowering strategy versus usual care for gout: a randomised controlled trial.