Commonalities and differences in the implementation of models of care for arthritis: key informant interviews from Canada

Table 1 Differences in TJR and inflammatory arthritis models of care

	TJR	Inflammatory arthritis
Triage	Appropriateness for surgery	Medical Acuity
Intervention	Single Episode of Care (Surgery)	Multiple Episodes of Care for ongoing medical management, education
Follow-up	1–2 times by surgeon	Ongoing for medical management, education
Role of specialist in Model of Care	Surgeon is the endpoint of the Model of Care	Rheumatologist is the beginning (gatekeeper) of the Model of Care
Types of teamwork	Sequential, multidisciplinary	Concurrent, interprofessional
Location of service delivery	Inpatient	Outpatient/Community

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