Abstracts tagged "clinical practice guidelines and health disparities"

Abstract Number: 258 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Health Services Utilization as Recommended by the American Diabetes Association Among Middle-Aged Patients Disabled with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes Mellitus
Geyanne Lui¹, Mangala Rajan ¹, Lisa Kern ¹, Laura Pinheiro ¹, Monika Safford ¹, Jeffrey Curtis ² and Iris Navarro-Millan ¹, ¹Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Medicare beneficiaries who are disabled (coverage by the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and diabetes mellitus (DM) and under 65…