Abstracts tagged "Economics"

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: 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: 1295 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Online Consultation for Rheumatic Disease Patients Based on Smart System of Disease Management (SSDM) Mobile Tools: A Study of Medical Economics
Fei Xiao¹, Xiangyuan Liu², Hua Wei³, Zhijun Li⁴, Yanhong Huang⁵, Yaohu Jiang⁶, Huiqiong Zhou⁷, Jie Shen⁸, Yuhua Jia¹, Li Zhang¹, Yuan Liu¹, Minjun Wang¹ and Fengchun Zhang⁹, ¹Gothic Internet Technology Corporation, Shanghai, China, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University Third hospital, Bei jing, China, ³No 98,Nantong West Rd,Yangzhou, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, China, ⁴The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China, ⁵Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁶Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, ⁷The First Affiliated Hospital of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁸University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical college Hosptial, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: China has no primary medical care and referral system. Patients can choose any hospitals or any doctors they like to seek medical care. As…
Abstract Number: 1678 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does the Level of Disease Control Achieved with Biologics Influence Overall Costs for Health Care and Work Loss in RA?
Jonas K Eriksson¹, Martin Neovius², Johan Askling³ and ARTIS study group, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Dept of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Rheumatology Unit, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Numerous studies have modeled whether biologic drugs are good value for money in the treatment of RA, in terms of reducing health care use…
Abstract Number: 1688 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Trends in Hospitalizations and Charges for Ankylosing Spondylitis, 1993-2012
Na Lu¹, Hyon Choi² and Maureen Dubreuil^3,4, ¹Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Massachussetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Boston VA HealthCare System, Boston, MA, ⁴Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: In the last two decades, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) inhibitors have been approved for use, and recommended as part of clinical treatment…
Abstract Number: 2160 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Role of Ultrasound Compared to Biopsy of Temporal Arteries in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis: A Diagnostic Accuracy and Cost-Effectiveness Study
Raashid Luqmani¹, Ellen Lee², Surjeet Singh³, Michael Gillett², Wolfgang A. Schmidt⁴, Mike Bradburn², Bhaskar Dasgupta^5,6, Andreas P Diamantopoulos⁷, Wulf Forrester-Barker⁸, William Hamilton⁹, Shauna Masters¹⁰, Brendan McDonald¹¹, Eugene McNally⁸, Colin T. Pease¹², Jennifer Piper⁸, John Salmon¹³, Allan Wailoo², Konrad Wolfe¹⁴, Andrew Hutchings¹⁵ and TABUL Study group, ¹Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, ³1Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁴Medical Center for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Berlin-Buch, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Rheumatology, Southend University Hospital, Essex, United Kingdom, ⁶Southend University Hospital, Essex, United Kingdom, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ⁸Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁹Primary Care, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹¹Department of Neuropathology and Ocular Pathology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹²Rheumatology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ¹³Ophthalmology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Department of Pathology, Southend University Hospital, Essex, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a relatively common form of primary systemic vasculitis which if untreated can lead to permanent sight loss. It is…
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…
Abstract Number: 113 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Longitudinal, Incremental Direct Medical Costs of Giant Cell Arteritis for the First Five Years Following Diagnosis: A General Population-Based Cohort Study
Natalie McCormick¹, Carlo Marra² and J Antonio Avina-Zubieta³, ¹Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Pharm Sciences, Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Arthritis Research Canada / University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common form of adult vasculitis, but estimates of the healthcare costs of GCA are extremely scarce. We…
Abstract Number: 123 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Economic Evaluation of Tofacitinib (Xeljanz) Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Modeling the Cost of Treatment Strategies in the US
Lindsay Claxton¹, Matthew Taylor¹, Michelle Jenks¹, Gene Wallenstein², Alan Mendelsohn³, Jeffrey Bourret³, Amitabh Singh³ and Robert Gerber², ¹York Health Economics Consortium, University of York, York, United Kingdom, ²Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ³Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). An economic model was developed to evaluate the treatment…

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