Abstracts tagged "Economics"

Abstract Number: 1852 • ACR Convergence 2021
Healthcare Utilization and Economic Burden in Systemic Sclerosis
Leonardo Martin Calderon¹, Mitali Chaudhary¹ and Janet Pope², ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a multi-system autoimmune disease, characterized by vasculopathy, fibrosis of the skin and internal organs, and autoimmunity with distinct antibodies. SSc…
Abstract Number: 0143 • ACR Convergence 2021
Economic and Healthcare Resource Use Burden of Systemic Sclerosis
Dinesh Khanna¹, Dan Furst², Justin Li³, Qian Meng⁴, Tamara Lesperance⁵, Kenyatta Peoples⁶, Farah Ali⁵, Brian LaMoreaux⁵ and Stephanie Taylor⁷, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Trinity Partners, Waltham, MA, ⁴Trinity Life Sciences, Waltham, MA, ⁵Horizon Therapeutics plc, Deerfield, IL, ⁶Horizon Therapeutics plc, Lake Forest, IL, ⁷Horizon Therapeutics plc, Whitehouse Station, NJ
Background/Purpose: The clinical burden of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is substantial and typically characterized by progressive skin, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, and cardiovascular complications and premature death. The…
Abstract Number: 0239 • ACR Convergence 2021
Work Disability Associated with Fatigue in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis – a Retrospective Study Using Claims Data, 2009-2019
Elaine Husni¹, Steven Peterson², Natalie Dennis³, Feifei Yang⁴, Iris Lin⁴, Yiting Wang⁵, Soumya Chakravarty⁶, Claire Fischer³, May Shawi⁷, Arthur Quenéchdu³ and Joseph Merola⁸, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Raritan, NJ, ³Amaris, Health Economics and Market Access, Paris, France, ⁴Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Horsham, PA, ⁵Janssen R&D, LLC, Titusville, NJ, ⁶Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC and Drexel University College of Medicine, Horsham, PA, ⁷Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is a complex symptom affecting physiological, psychological, and social factors and is commonly seen in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Fatigue has been shown to…
Abstract Number: 0240 • ACR Convergence 2021
Economic Burden of Fatigue Among Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis – a Retrospective Study Using Claims Data, 2009-2019
Joseph Merola¹, Feifei Yang², Natalie Dennis³, Steven Peterson⁴, Iris Lin², Yiting Wang⁵, Soumya Chakravarty⁶, Arthur Quenéchdu³, May Shawi⁷, Claire Fischer³ and Elaine Husni⁸, ¹Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Horsham, PA, ³Amaris, Health Economics and Market Access, Paris, France, ⁴Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Raritan, NJ, ⁵Janssen R&D, LLC, Titusville, NJ, ⁶Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC and Drexel University College of Medicine, Horsham, PA, ⁷Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is a complex symptom affecting physiological, psychological, and social factors and is commonly seen in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The objectives of this study…
Abstract Number: 0357 • ACR Convergence 2021
Identifying Predictors of Unemployment in Axial Spondyloarthropathy: Data from the Ankylosing Spondylitis Registry of Ireland
Sinead Maguire¹, Wilson Fiona², Phil Gallagher³ and Finbar (Barry) O'Shea¹, ¹St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²Discipline of Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ³St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthropathy (axSpA) is an inflammatory arthritis of the axial skeleton. Persistent disease activity can result in significant disability and affect ability to maintain…
Abstract Number: 0424 • ACR Convergence 2021
Incremental Healthcare Costs of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) Compared to Asthma: Retrospective Analysis of Commercial Claims Data in the United States (US)
Christopher Bell¹, Juliana Meyers² and Mayank Ajmera², ¹GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC, ²RTI-Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), formerly Churg-Strauss Syndrome, is a rare, complex multisystem disorder, characterized by vascular inflammation and multisystem organ damage. EGPA manifests…
Abstract Number: 0562 • ACR Convergence 2021
Inpatient Epidemiology and Resource Utilization of Ankylosing Spondylitis: National Inpatient Sample 2018
Patompong Ungprasert¹, Thanat Chaikijurajai², Karn Wijarnpreecha³ and Paul Kroner³, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Heights, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Little is known about inpatient epidemiology, economic burden and resource utilization of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The current study aims to describe those…
Abstract Number: 0881 • ACR Convergence 2021
Economic Evaluation of Neuropsychiatric (NP) Lupus in an International Inception Cohort Using a Multistate Model Approach
Ann Clarke¹, John Hanly², Yvan St.Pierre³, Caroline Gordon⁴, Sang-Cheol Bae⁵, Juanita Romero-Diaz⁶, Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero⁷, Sasha Bernatsky⁸, Daniel Wallace⁹, David Isenberg¹⁰, Anisur Rahman¹¹, Joan Merrill¹², Paul R Fortin¹³, Dafna Gladman¹⁴, Murray Urowitz¹⁵, Ian N. Bruce¹⁶, Michelle Petri¹⁷, Ellen Ginzler¹⁸, Mary Anne Dooley¹⁹, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman²⁰, Susan Manzi²¹, Andreas Jnsen²², Graciela Alarcn²³, Ronald van Vollenhoven²⁴, Cynthia Aranow²⁵, Meggan Mackay²⁵, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza²⁶, S Sam Lim²⁷, Murat Inanc²⁸, Kenneth Kalunian²⁹, Soren Jacobsen³⁰, Christine Peschken³¹, Diane Kamen³², Anca Askanase³³ and Vernon Farewell³⁴, ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ³Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, ⁵Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁶Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Ciudad de México, Federal District, Mexico, ⁷Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Inmunología y Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁸McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁹Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Centre for Rheumatology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ¹²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ¹³CHU de Quebec - Universite Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada, ¹⁴Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁵Center for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Lupus Clinic, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁶University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁷Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁸SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, ¹⁹Raleigh Neurology Associates, Chapel Hill, NC, ²⁰Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²¹Allegheny Health Network, Wexford, PA, ²²Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ²³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam Rheumatology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²⁵Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, ²⁶Hospital Universitario Cruces, University of the Basque Country, Bizkaia, Spain, ²⁷Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ²⁸Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²⁹UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³⁰Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³¹University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ³²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ³³Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³⁴University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Little is known about the economic burden of NP lupus. We estimated annual and cumulative direct and indirect costs (DC, IC) associated with NP…
Abstract Number: 0981 • ACR Convergence 2021
Clinical and Economic Burden of Herpes Zoster in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Administrative Claims
David Singer¹, Philippe Thompson-Leduc², Sara Poston¹, Deepshekhar Gupta³, Wendy Cheng⁴, Siyu Ma¹, Francesca Devine⁵, Alexandra Enrique³, Mei Sheng Duh⁶ and Jeffrey Curtis⁷, ¹GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, PA, ²Analysis Group, Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Analysis Group, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, ⁴Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA, ⁵Analysis Group, Inc., New York, NY, ⁶Analysis Group, Boston, MA, ⁷Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Background/Purpose: Herpes zoster (HZ) is a disease caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus in previously infected individuals and is characterized by a painful…
Abstract Number: 1076 • ACR Convergence 2021
Combining Fuzzy Logic with Time-Driven Activity Based Costing Within the Rheumatoid Arthritis Care Cycle: Insights from a Dutch Hospital
Fiona Koster¹, Deirisa Lopes Barreto², Marc Kok³ and Angelique Weel-Koenders¹, ¹Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, ³Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Transparency and management of healthcare costs is warranted for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as the disease places a great economic burden on a patient and…
Abstract Number: 1118 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Association of Hand OA with Paid an Unpaid Work Impairment and Related Costs: The Hand Osteoarthritis in Secondary Care Cohort
Sietse Terpstra¹, Lotte van de Stadt¹, Annelies Boonen², Frits Rosendaal¹ and Margreet Kloppenburg¹, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) can cause impairment at paid and unpaid work and contributes to societal burden and costs. However, data on this topic…
Abstract Number: 0585 • ACR Convergence 2020
Cost-effectiveness of Motivational Counselling and SMS-reminders on Daily Sitting Time in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jan Sorensen¹, Mette Aadahl², Merete Hetland³, Bente Appel Esbensen⁴ and Tanja Thomsen², ¹Healthcare Outcomes Research Centre, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ²Centre for Clinical Research and Prevention, Frederiksberg, Denmark, ³Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Background/Purpose: The “Joint Resources – Sedentary Behaviour” randomised controlled trial (RCT) (1,2,3) aimed to reduce sedentary behaviour in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by means…
Abstract Number: 0600 • ACR Convergence 2020
Gout Increases Length of Stay in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure Exacerbation
Daniel DeMizio¹, Guojing Wu², Ying Wei², Joan Bathon³ and Runsheng Wang⁴, ¹Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Staten Island, NY, ²Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, New York, NY, ³Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, ⁴Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: There is growing evidence that both the prevalence of gout and its burden on healthcare costs has increased over recent decades. It has been…
Abstract Number: 0602 • ACR Convergence 2020
Labor Impact of SARS-COV-2 Pandemic in Argentine Rheumatologists
Scarafia Santiago¹, Emilio Buschiazzo², María Victoria Martire³, César Graf⁴ and Rodrigo Garcia Salinas⁵, ¹Hospital Municipal "San Cayetano", Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Hospital Señor del Milagro, Salta., Salta, Salta, Argentina, ³Instituto Médico Platense, La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Sociedad Argentina de Reumatología, Paraná, Entre Rios, Argentina, ⁵Hospital Italiano La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: The novel coronavirus SARS2-COV-2 has precipitated the present outbreak of COVID-19, the worldwide spread has strong impact on general population and on healthcare workers.…
Abstract Number: 0616 • ACR Convergence 2020
Correlation Between Disease Activity and Perceived Economic Barriers to Care in a Population of African American Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Ashley White¹, Trevor Faith¹, Aissatou Ba¹, Viswanathan Ramakrishnan², Hetlena Johnson³, Jillian Rose⁴, Clara Dismuke-Greer⁵, Jim Oates⁶, Leonard Egede⁷ and Edith Williams¹, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²medical university of south carolina, south carolina, ³LupusCSC, Columbia, SC, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ⁵Palo Alto VA, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Charleston, SC, ⁷Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a complex, multifactorial disease with heterogeneous presentation. Disease activity – the number and severity of symptoms – can be…

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