Abstracts tagged "Economics"

Abstract Number: 199 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incremental Direct Medical Costs of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients in the Years Preceding Diagnosis and the Impact of Sex: A General Population-Based Study
Natalie McCormick^1,2, Carlo Marra³ and J. Antonio Avina-Zubieta⁴, ¹Arthritis Research Canada, Richmond, BC, Canada, ²Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Little is known about the healthcare costs of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in the years leading up to SLE diagnosis. We estimated the…
Abstract Number: 224 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patterns of Methotrexate Use in African Countries with Low Versus Medium/High Human Development Index: Preliminary Results of Semi-Structured Interviews
Carol A Hitchon¹, Yan Liu², Steven Shi³, Girish M Mody⁴, Candace H. Feldman⁵, Michael Weinblatt⁶ and Ines Colmegna⁷, ¹Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³University de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology, University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, ⁵Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Boston, MA, ⁶Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Methotrexate (MTX) is standard therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and also used to treat other rheumatic diseases. Existing guidelines for RA treatment/ MTX use…
Abstract Number: 414 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity and Autoantibody Status Lead to Cost Effective Tapering Algorithms in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Sustained Remission
Melanie Hagen¹, Matthias Englbrecht², Judith Haschka³, Michaela Reiser⁴, Arnd Kleyer⁵, Axel J. Hueber⁶, Bernhard Manger⁷, Camille Figueiredo⁸, Jayme Fogagnolo Cobra⁹, Hans-Peter Tony¹⁰, Stefanie Finzel¹¹, Stefan Kleinert¹², Joerg Wendler¹³, Florian Schuch¹³, Monika Ronneberger¹³, Martin Feuchtenberger¹⁴, Martin Fleck^15,16, Karin Manger¹⁷, Matthias Schmitt-Haendle¹⁸, H.-M. Lorenz¹⁹, HG Nüßlein²⁰, Rieke Alten²¹, Joerg C. Henes²², Klaus Krüger²³, Georg Schett² and Juergen Rech²⁴, ¹University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ³Medical Department II, St. Vincent Hospital, the VINFORCE Study Group, Academic Teaching Hospital of Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Department of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Dept of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁷Dept of Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁸Institution de Rheumatologia, Sao Paolo, Brazil, ⁹Instituto de Reumatologia de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil, ¹⁰Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, ¹¹University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ¹²Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ¹³Schwerpunktpraxis Rheumatologie, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁴Rheumatologie/Klinische Immunologie, Kreiskliniken Altötting-Burghausen, Burghausen, Germany, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Asklepios Medical Center Bad Abbach, Bad Abbach, Germany, ¹⁶Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, ¹⁷Rheumatology Practice Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany, ¹⁸Rheumatology Practice, Bayreuth, Germany, Bayreuth, Germany, ¹⁹Rheumatology, University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, ²⁰Rheumatology Practice Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany, ²¹Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²²Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany, ²³Praxiszentrum St.Bonifatius, Munich, Germany, ²⁴Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany., Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Achieving remission is the ultimate treatment goal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). With the development and wider use of highly effective disease modifying…
Abstract Number: 1052 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systematic Review of Modelling Approaches and Quality for the Cost Effectiveness of sequential Targeted Therapy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis That Show an Inadequate Response to at Least One Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Inhibitor
Aliza Matusevich¹, Maria Suarez-Almazor¹, Scott B. Cantor² and Maria A. Lopez-Olivo¹, ¹Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, Houston, TX, ²Department of Health Services Research, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, Houston, TX
Background/Purpose: Results from cost-effectiveness analysis (CEAs) comparing treatment options for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have an inadequate response to an initial tumor necrosis…
Abstract Number: 1059 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cost-Effectiveness of Tai Chi Versus Physical Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis
John B. Wong¹, Mei Chung², Lori Lyn Price³ and Chenchen Wang^4,5, ¹Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Biostatistics Research Center, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Center of Integrative Medicine and Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, Boston, MA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: A single-blind randomized comparative effectiveness trial showed that Tai Chi yielded beneficial effects similar to those of a standard course of physical therapy in…
Abstract Number: 1080 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes Increase Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic Operations Efficiency While Increasing Patient and Caregiver Satisfaction
Y. Ingrid Goh¹, Talia Goldberg², Nicholas Lao³ and Brian M. Feldman⁴, ¹Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes Increase Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic Operations Efficiency While Increasing Patient and Caregiver SatisfactionBackground/Purpose: Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are powerful tools that facilitate…
Abstract Number: 1759 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Economic Evaluation of Rituximab Versus Azathioprine for Maintenance Treatment of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis. a Prospective, Multicenter Study
Annalisa Montante¹, Alicia Le Bras², Benjamin Terrier³, Pascal Cohen³, Xavier Puéchal⁴, Alexandre Karras⁵, Philippe Ravaud⁶, Loïc Guillevin⁷ and Isabelle Durand-Zaleski⁸, ¹UNITÉ DE RECHERCHE ECONOMIQUE, UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES, PARIS, France, ²UNITE DE RECHERCHE ECONOMIQUE, UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES, PARIS, France, ³Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Cochin, Centre de référence national pour les maladies systémiques autoimmunes rares d’Ile de France, DHU Authors, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁴Service de Médecine Interne, Centre de Référence Maladies Auto-Immunes et Auto-Inflammatoires Systémiques Rares, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁵Nephrology, HEGP, Paris, France, ⁶Hôpital Hôtel Dieu, Paris, France, ⁷Internal medicine, Cochin University Hospital, paris, France, ⁸UNITE DE RECHERCHE ECONOMIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE PARIS-CRETEIL, PARIS, France
Background/Purpose: Rituximab was proven to be superior to azathioprine as maintenance therapy for ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAVs) at month 28 of MAINRITSAN-1–trial follow-up. Because of rituximab’s…
Abstract Number: 113 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Online Consultation for Chinese Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Based on Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM) Mobile Tools: A Study of Medical Economics
Fei Xiao¹, Xiangyuan Liu², Zhijun Li³, Tong Xie⁴, Xinwang Duan⁵, Huiqiong Zhou⁶, Yanhong Huang⁷, Yi Zheng⁸, Hua Wei⁹, Hongzhi Wang¹⁰, Rong Mu¹¹, Hui Xiao¹, Yuhua Jia¹, Yonggang Zhao¹, Yuan Liu¹ and Fengchun Zhang¹², ¹Gothic Internet Technology Corporation, Shanghai, China, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University Third hospital, Bei jing, China, ³The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China, ⁴Affiliated hospital of Guangdong medical University, Zhanjiang, China, ⁵Department of rheumatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, ⁶The First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁷Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁸8 Gongren Tiyuchang Nanlu, Cha, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁹No 98,Nantong West Rd,Yangzhou, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, China, ¹⁰The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, China, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China, ¹²Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: China does not have primary medical care and referral system. Patients can choose any hospital or any doctor they like to seek medical care.…
Abstract Number: 228 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sick Leave and Disability Pension in Working-Age Gout Patients before and after Diagnosis – a Population Based Case-Control Study
Valgerdur R Sigurdardottir¹, Lennart TH Jacobsson², Panagiota Drivelegka², Anna Svärd^1,3 and Mats Dehlin², ¹Rheumatology Clinic, Falun Hospital, SE-791 82 Falun, Sweden, Falun, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Center for Clinical Research Dalarna, Falun, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis with a prevalence of 1.5% in our area in the age group 50-59 years. Gout…
Abstract Number: 1237 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Economic Burden of Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis in the US
J. Bradford Rice¹, Alan White¹, Philip Galebach¹, Andrea Lopez¹, Patricia Schepman², Breanna Popelar³, Michael Philbin⁴ and Elaine Boing², ¹Analysis Group, Inc., Boston, MA, ²Affiliated with Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals at the time this study was conducted, Hazelwood, MO, ³Xcenda, L.L.C., Palm Harbor, FL, ⁴Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Hazelwood, MO
Background/Purpose: Dermatomyositis and polymyositis (DM/PM) are inflammatory myopathies that can lead to persistent muscle weakness and disability. Although significant healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) and work…
Abstract Number: 1243 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validity of the Short Form 6D Utility Measure in Early Axial Spondyloarthritis
Cécile Gaujoux-Viala¹, Laure Gossec², Christel Castelli³, Cédric Lukas⁴, Françoise Barchechath-Flaisler⁵, Jean-Pierre Daures⁶ and Maxime Dougados⁷, ¹Rheumatology Department, University Hospital of Nîmes and EA2415, Montpellier University, Nîmes, France, ²Paris 06 University and AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France, ³BESPIM, Nîmes University Hospital and EA2415, Nîmes, France, ⁴Rheumatology, CHU Lapeyronie and EA2415, Montpellier University, University of Montpellier, France, ⁵Nîmes University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Nimes, France, ⁶EA2415, Nîmes, France, ⁷Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: The quantification of health improvements is essential, notably in the current context of increasingly expensive therapies and more and more limited resources. Preference-based measures…
Abstract Number: 1607 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Development of a New Anti–Interleukin 6 Blocker for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Alan Glicklich¹, Paul Grayson¹, Christophe Blanchetot², Qing Zhou³ and Anke Kretz-Rommel¹, ¹Bird Rock Bio, Inc, La Jolla, CA, ²Argenx, Ghent, Belgium, ³Genor BioPharma, Shanghai, China
Background/Purpose: While interleukin-6 (IL-6) blockade with monoclonal antibodies is an established, clinically validated mechanism for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the need for significant…
Abstract Number: 2252 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Estimated Cost of SLE Hospitalizations
Kayla Neville¹, James Miceli¹, Jianhua Li², Samantha Nguyen³, Teja Kapoor³ and Anca Askanase³, ¹Rheumatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, ³Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) treatment comes at a high price, with both direct costs related to healthcare resource utilization and indirect ones related to…
Abstract Number: 2356 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Major Cardiovascular Events in Gout Patients with Cardiovascular Disease or Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease Initiating on Allopurinol or Febuxostat (Uloric)
JoAnne Foody¹, Robin Turpin², Beni Tidwell³ and Kathy Schulman⁴, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Medical Affairs, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Deerfield, IL, ³ORS, Shrewsbury, MA, ⁴Outcomes Research Solutions, Inc., Waltham, MA
Background/Purpose: Xanthine oxidase inhibitors (XOI) reduce both urate levels and oxidative stress in the vasculature, both of which are cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. However,…
Abstract Number: 2473 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psycho-Socio-Economic Burdens of Childhood Onset Rheumatic Diseases on Families
Sook Fun Hoh¹, Manasita Tanya², Justin Hung Tiong Tan², Lena Das^2,3 and Thaschawee Arkachaisri², ¹Nursing, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ²Rheumatology and Immunology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, ³Dept of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children`s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic diseases (RD) in children, being complex and chronic in nature, do not only pose physical insult to the affected child, but also psychological…

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