Abstracts tagged "health care cost and anti-TNF therapy"

Abstract Number: 1409 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Comparison of Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)-Related Complications in Medicare Beneficiaries with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and T2DM Who Initiated Treatment with Abatacept versus Other Targeted Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs
Vardhaman Patel¹, Zulkarnain Pulungan ², Anne Shah ², Barton Jones ², Allison Petrilla ², Leticia Ferri ³, Xue Han ³ and Kaleb Michaud ⁴, ¹Bristol-Myers Squibb, New York City, NY, ²Avalere, washington, DC, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Use of abatacept, a targeted DMARD (tDMARD), in patients with RA has shown to improve whole-body insulin sensitivity and reduce HbA1c levels.1 Comparative evidence…
Abstract Number: 2366 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Comparison of Healthcare Resource Utilization (HCRU) and Costs of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)-Related Complications in TNFi-Experienced Medicare Beneficiaries with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and T2DM Who Switch to Abatacept or Other Targeted Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs
Vardhaman Patel¹, Zulkarnain Pulungan ², Anne Shah ², Barton Jones ², Allison Petrilla ², Leticia Ferri ³, Xue Han ³ and Kaleb Michaud ⁴, ¹Bristol-Myers Squibb, New York City, NY, ²Avalere, washington, DC, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Patients with RA experienced an increase in the whole-body insulin sensitivity and a reduction in HbA1c levels from treatment with abatacept, which is a…