Figure 1.
Workflow of shared care for patients with musculoskeletal diseases between rheumatologist and family physicians.
AMC, academic medical centre; FP, family physician; 
, patient's journey; 
, Liaison.
*Reasons for refusal of shared care with private FP include personal reasons, full or substantial subsidy by hospital for low income patients, private medical insurance, employment health care benefits and government funding for civil servants.
Table 1.
Patient demographics and clinical characteristics at enrolment into shared care
AMC, academic medical centre, DMARD, disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; FP, family physician; RC, Rheumatology Clinic; IQR: inter-quartile range
*Overall p value for categorical variables with more than two groups
Table 2.
Multiple logistic regression for predictors of successful shared care
AMC, academic medical centre; FP, family physician
*Overall p value for categorical variables with more than two groups
Table 3.
Cox regression analysis of covariates for interval between shared care enrolment and first return Rheumatology Clinic visit among patients who completed one cycle of shared care (n = 100)
Model 1: unadjusted
Model 2: adjusted for ethnicity and utilization status of medication courier service
CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; AMC, academic medical centre; FP, family physician; RC, Rheumatology Clinic
*Overall p value for categorical variables with more than two groups