[Implementation of an early rheumatoid athritis unit for the early recognition and treatment of the disease].

Background: Early recognition of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) provides clinical benefits in terms of remission induction, reduced disease progression, and eventually treatment free remission.

Aim: To describe the setting of a Unit devoted exclusively to the recognition and treatment of early RA in patients referred from primary healthcare centers (PHC) in Chile.

Materials And Methods: Patients were referred from nine participating PHC from 2014 through 2016.