Abstracts tagged "health care cost and reimbursement"

Abstract Number: 227 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Inadequately Treated Chronic Gout As the Main Reason for Primary Gout Admission in an Urban Adult Population: Results of a Retrospective Cohort Study
Mandissa Sealey¹, Ibrahim Barry², Tanyka Sam¹, Olakanmi Awe¹ and Stuart Green³, ¹Internal Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, ²Internal Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, ³Internal Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Larchmont, NY
Background/Purpose: Inadequately treated patients with chronic gout are at risk for an acute attack and many often require hospitalization. An acute attack of gout increases…