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Abstract Number: 1275 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pediatric Rheumatology Work Force and Patients Status in Latin America. a Snap Shot Web Based Survey
Zoilo Morel¹, Graciela Espada², Clara Malagón³, Claudia Magalhaes⁴, Luis Lira⁵, Raúl Gutiérrez⁶, Mabel Ladino⁷, Ruth Erazo⁸, Ivonne Arroyo⁹, Flavio Sztajnbok¹⁰ and Carlos Rose¹¹, ¹Pediatrics, Hospital de Clinicas. Facultad de Ciencias Medicas. Universidad Nacional de Asuncion. UNA., Asuncion, Paraguay, ²Rheumatology Section, Childrens Hosp Ricardo Gutierrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Pediatric Rheumatology. Universidad El Bosque, Bogota, Colombia, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology Division. UNESP. Botucatu Medical School., Botucatu, Brazil, ⁵Pedro De Valdivia #295, Pediatric Rheumatology. Chilean Society of Rheumatology., Santiago, Chile, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology. Hospital Shriners para niños., Mexico DF, Mexico, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology. Hospital San Juan de Dios. University of Chile., Santiago, Chile, ⁸Hospital Pablo Tobon, Medellin, Colombia, ⁹San Jorge Medical Building, Santurce, PR, ¹⁰Pediatric Rheumatology Division, Adolescent Health Care Unit, Universida de do Estado do Rio de Janeiro., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ¹¹Pediatric Rheumatology Division . Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. Wilmington., Delaware, DE
Background/Purpose: Developing countries face serious socioeconomics problems, and pediatric rheumatic illnesses are not seen as priority by health programs. The PANLAR Pediatric Rheumatology Study Group…
Abstract Number: 1276 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Improvement in Work and Household Productivity for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Treated with Anti-TNFs in Routine Clinical Practice in Turkey
Sebnem Ataman¹, Mehmet Kirnap², Buminhan Seferoglu³, Zuhal Altay⁴, Aylin Rezvani⁵, Omer Kuru^6,7, Erhan Capkin⁸, Nazli Derya Bugdayci⁹, Ilhan Sezer¹⁰, Hasan Fatih CAY¹¹ and Akinci Tan¹², ¹Rheumatology Department, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ataturk University Medical School, Erzurum, Turkey, ⁴ELAZIG KARAYOLU UZERI, Inonu University, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Malatya, Turkey, ⁵Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bezmialem Foundation University, İstanbul, Turkey, ⁶Kurupelit Mevkii Kurupelit 552, Ondokuz Mayis Univ.Tip Fak.Has.-Fizik Tedavi, Samsun, Turkey, ⁷Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey, ⁸PM&R AND RHEUMATOLOGY, Karadeniz Tecnical University, Faculty of Medicine, TRABZON, Turkey, ⁹Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation, Istanbul Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rheabilitation, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey, ¹¹Rheumatology, Physical Medicine&Rehabilitation, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey, ¹²Physical Med & Rehab, Hacettepe Univ, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: The impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) on paid work is measured on the basis of employed people missing time from…
Abstract Number: 1277 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
US Adult Rheumatologists Perspective on the Transition Process for Young Adults with Rheumatic Conditions
Devy Zisman^1,2, Patience White³, Peter Chira⁴, Stacy P. Ardoin⁵, Erica F. Lawson⁶, Emily von Scheven⁷, Idit Lavi⁸, Laura Tarter⁹ and Elizabeth D. Mellins¹⁰, ¹Technion, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel, ²Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, University of California San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, ⁵Pediatric & Adult Rheumatology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁶Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Dept of Pediatric Rheumatology, Univ of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁸Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, ⁹Rheumatology, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA, ¹⁰Dept of Pediatrics CCSR, Stanford University Med Ctr, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: To assess the attitudes and common practices of adult rheumatologists in US regarding transition of young adults with rheumatic diseases from pediatric to adult…
Abstract Number: 1278 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Underlying Diagnosis of Osteoarthritis Is Associated with Better Outcomes after Total Hip Arthroplasty Than Avascular Necrosis of Bone
Jasvinder A. Singh¹, Jason Chen², Maria Inacio², Robert Namba² and Elizabeth Paxton², ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: We recently showed that underlying diagnosis of RA was associated with higher readmission rate compared to osteoarthritis. Studies of adequate sample size assessing post-THA…
Abstract Number: 1279 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Racial Variation in Total Knee Replacement in a Diverse Community-Based Clinical Trial
Lindsey MacFarlane¹, Nancy Cook², I-Min Lee², Jeffrey N. Katz³ and Karen H. Costenbader⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is common with > 700,000 surgeries performed annually in the United States. Racial variation in TKR utilization has been…
Abstract Number: 1280 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison of Health Service Utilization Costs Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Requiring Biologic Therapy
Cheryl Barnabe¹, Yufei Zheng², Arto Ohinmaa², Brenda Hemmelgarn³, Gilaad Kaplan⁴, Liam Martin⁵ and Walter Maksymowych⁶, ¹Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Division of Nephrology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁴Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁶Medicine, Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Logistical issues and poor cultural environments in tertiary care create barriers to specialized care for Aboriginal patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Aboriginal patients are…
Abstract Number: 1281 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reduction in Rural-Urban Disparity in Discharge Disposition to Home after Total Knee Arthroplasty in the U.S
Jasvinder A. Singh and Rekha Ramachandaran, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Rural-urban disparities in outcomes after total joint arthroplasty are of great interest, given the differences in health care access and social support between those…
Abstract Number: 1282 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Persistence with Osteoporosis Therapies in Postmenopausal Women in a Large US National Health Plan
Benjamin Chastek¹, Lung-I Cheng², John C. White³, Leslie Spangler⁴, Darshan Mehta⁵ and Richard Barron⁶, ¹Optum Insight, Eden Prairie, MN, ²Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, ³Optum Life Sciences, Eden Prairie, MN, ⁴Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁵University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Persistence and compliance with oral osteoporosis therapies are generally suboptimal; however, limited persistence data exist for newer injectable therapies that have become available in…
Abstract Number: 1283 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Burden of Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis from the Employer Perspective: A Real World European Study
Tim Holbrook¹, Robert Wood¹, Christopher Black², Xiaohan Hu² and Sumesh Kachroo², ¹Adelphi Real World, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, ²CORE, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ
Background/Purpose: Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) is a burdensome disease to both the patient and the healthcare system, as previous research has indicated. However, the societal…
Abstract Number: 1284 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Burden of Illness Associated with Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: A European Real World Database Analysis from the Clinical and Healthcare System Perspective
Tim Holbrook¹, Robert Wood¹, Christopher Black², Xiaohan Hu² and Sumesh Kachroo², ¹Adelphi Real World, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, ²CORE, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ
Background/Purpose: Whilst the burden of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is well known, non-radiographic (nr)-axSpa has only recently been identified as a distinct spondyloarthritic indication with its…
Abstract Number: 1285 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Markers of Non-Compliance with ASAS/EULAR Management Recommendations Among Early Spa Patients: Evidence over 3 Years in the DESIR Cohort
Stephanie Harvard^1,2, Daphne Guh³, Nick Bansback⁴, Maxime Dougados⁵, Aslam H. Anis⁶ and Bruno Fautrel^7,8, ¹School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²GRC08, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France;, Paris, France, ³St. Paul's Hospital, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Medicine Faculty, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, UPRES-EA 4058, Cochin Hospital, Rheumatology B, Paris, France, ⁶School of Population and Public Health, Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁷GRC08, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁸AP-HP, Rheumatology Dept, Pitié Salpétrière University Hospital, Paris, France;, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: We previously published quantitative definitions of the ASAS AS management recommendations designed for use with observational data.1 The definitions, developed by consensus with expert…
Abstract Number: 1286 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Persistent Individual and Neighborhood Poverty Are Independent Risk Factors for Accumulated Lupus Damage
Laura Trupin¹, Stephanie Rush², Jinoos Yazdany³ and Edward H. Yelin⁴, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²UCSF, SF, CA, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Title: Persistent Individual and Neighborhood Poverty Are Independent Risk Factors for Accumulated Lupus Damage Background/Purpose: Previous research in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has shown that…
Abstract Number: 1287 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Participation in Adalimumab Patient Support Program (PSP) on Clinical Outcomes and Predictors of PSP Utilization Among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Filip van Den Bosch¹, Siegfried Wassenberg², Andrew Östör³, Nupun A. Varothai⁴, Vishvas Garg⁴ and Jasmina Kalabic⁴, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ²Fachkrankenhaus, Ratingen, Germany, ³Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴AbbVie, North Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Adalimumab (ADA) treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients (pts) are offered patient support programs (PSP) to manage their disease. The purpose of this study is…
Abstract Number: 1288 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dual Care Utilization in Patients Enrolled in the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry
Pascale Schwab¹, Harlan Sayles², Debra Bergman³, Grant W. Cannon⁴, Kaleb Michaud⁵, Ted R. Mikuls² and Jennifer Barton¹, ¹VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Rheumatology & Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center and National Data Base for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: While use of multiple health care systems may allow rapid access to medical care, the practice results in fragmented and redundant treatments at…
Abstract Number: 1289 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Healthcare Utilization Differences According to Sex Among Children and Adults in Medicaid with Incident Lupus Nephritis
Candace H. Feldman¹, Anna R. Broder², Hongshu Guan³, Anand Kumthekar⁴, Michail Alevizos⁵, Jinoos Yazdany⁶ and Karen H. Costenbader⁷, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology-Forchheimer 701N, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ⁵Medicine, Albert Einstien College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ⁶Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁷Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Past studies suggest that males with lupus nephritis (LN) may have increased rates of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and mortality compared to females. Most…

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