Abstracts tagged "Economics"

Abstract Number: 1816 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship Between Race, Uric Acid Levels, Urate-Lowering Therapy and Resource Use in Patients with Gout
Kim Coley¹, Melissa Saul² and Karen Pater¹, ¹Pharmacy & Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Gout is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in joints and soft tissues. The overall prevalence is increasing…
Abstract Number: 918 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Comorbidities On Measuring Indirect Utility by the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 6D in Lower-Limb Osteoarthritis
Kossar Hosseini¹, Cécile Gaujoux-Viala², Joel Coste³, Jacques Pouchot¹, Bruno Fautrel⁴, Anne-Christine Rat⁵ and Francis Guillemin¹, ¹Université de Lorraine, Paris Descartes University, APEMAC, EA 4360, F- 54 000, France, Nancy, France, ²Rheumatology, Montpellier I University, Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France, ³Université de Lorraine, Paris Descartes University, APEMAC, EA 4360, Nancy, France, ⁴Rheumatology, UPMC - Paris 6 University, Paris, France, ⁵Université de Lorraine, Nancy, F-54000, France; Inserm, CIC-EC CIE6, Nancy, F-54000, France; CHU de Nancy, Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation Department, Nancy, F-54000, France; CHU de Nancy, Rheumatology department, Nancy, France
Background/Purpose: Comorbidities refer to chronic co-occuring disorders and are inversely and negatively correlated with HRQoL. Because indirect utility measurement involves HRQoL, comorbidities probably affect utility…
Abstract Number: 910 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Cost-Effectiveness of Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review of Published Literature
Meghan E. Daigle¹, Alexander M. Weinstein¹, Jeffrey N. Katz² and Elena Losina¹, ¹Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Utilization of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has nearly doubled in the last decade. These procedures are increasingly performed in…

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