Watad Abdulla, Al-Saleh Jamal, Lidar Merav, Amital Howard, Shoenfeld Yehuda
Department of Medicine 'B', Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, 5265601, Israel.
Arthritis Res Ther. 2017 Jun 30;19(1):149. doi: 10.1186/s13075-017-1359-0.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has ranked musculoskeletal diseases among the top ten leading causes of disability in the Middle East. The situation in the Middle East is unique as, although seventeen countries are geographical connected, there is considerable variability in the standard of rheumatology care and research between the countries. There are several factors contributing to this variability: allocated government resources to healthcare services, country demographics, the implemented healthcare system, the number of qualified rheumatologist, political stability, and the immigration to and from these countries.
世界卫生组织(WHO)已将肌肉骨骼疾病列为中东地区十大主要致残原因之一。中东地区的情况较为特殊,尽管有十七个国家在地理上相互连接,但各国的风湿病护理和研究水平存在很大差异。造成这种差异的因素有几个:政府分配给医疗服务的资源、国家人口结构、实施的医疗体系、合格风湿病专家的数量、政治稳定性以及这些国家的出入境移民情况。