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Email: healthpolicy@health.wa.gov.au
Tel: (08) 9489 2800

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Publications of Interest

• Access Economics - “Painful Realities: The economic impact of Arthritis in Australia in 2007”
• National Service Improvement Framework for Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis
• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Guidelines
• Evidence Based Management of Acute Musculoskeletal Pain (National Health Medicine Research Council)

Related websites

• Arthritis WA
• Arthritis Australia
• Australian Orthopaedic Association
• Australian Rheumatology Association
• The Bone and Joint Decade 2000 – 2010
  
• WA Health – Elective Surgery

Current projects to improve health care in WA

• Elective Joint Replacement Model of Care
• Facilitation of Inflammatory Arthritis Model of Care Implementation
• Facilitation of Spinal Pain Model of Care Implementation

Visit our news page for more information on our current activities.

Completed projects

• Inflammatory Arthritis Model of Care (PDF 793KB)
• Spinal Pain Model of Care (PDF 493KB)
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Guidelines (PDF 27KB)

Visit Health Networks’ Models of Care to view our completed Models of Care and for information about implementation.