Abstracts tagged "Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and quality of care"

Abstract Number: 1229 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Regional Variation in Measured Detection of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Jason Shafrin¹, Jin Joo Shim¹, Caroline Huber¹, Jenny Griffith², Arijit Ganguli² and Wade Aubry³, ¹Precision Health Economics, Los Angeles, CA, ²AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis (AS) often receive a delayed or mis-diagnosis, as this condition is frequently confused with mechanical back pain from other…