Chris Rennie, Noura Ayoubi, Ahmed Naffi, Kamal Patel, Abu-Sayeef Mirza
During 2016, 232 patients from nine free clinics around Tampa had a history of general arthritis. Of these patients, 46.9% reported a diagnosis of osteoarthritis and 13.4% reported a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. The remainder of the 232 patients had listed unspecified types of arthritis. Treatment of arthritis among these patients was most commonly NSAIDs, with an almost equal majority not being treated. On the other hand, of the patients addressed about potential osteoporosis, a mere 2.98% of them endorsed a history of a DEXA scan. This percentage depicted the low prevalence of standard osteoporosis screening among the uninsured.
