Abstracts tagged "Health Care"

Abstract Number: 1869 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mental Health Care in Systemic Sclerosis; Rates of Utilization and Associated Factors in the Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Cohort
Karima Becetti¹, Jessica K. Gordon¹, Joseph Nguyen², Carol Mancuso³, Linda Kwakkenbos^4,5, Marie-Eve Carrier^4,5, Brett D. Thombs^4,5, Robert F. Spiera¹ and SPIN Investigators, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by high disfigurement, morbidity, and mortality. It carries significant psychosocial impact including depression, anxiety and body image distress. However,…
Abstract Number: 2235 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Utilization of Ambulatory Physician Encounters, Emergency Room Visits and Hospitalizations By RA Patients: A 13 Year Population Health Study
John G Hanly¹, Kara Thompson² and Chris Skedgel³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ³Health Economics Group, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To determine total and subspecialty physician encounters, emergency room (ER) visits and hospitalizations in an incident cohort of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cases and matched…
Abstract Number: 846 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nationwide Trends in in-Hospital Mortality and Hospitalization Associated with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)
Sara R. Schoenfeld¹, Na Lu¹, Flavia V. Castelino², Marcy B. Bolster² and Hyon K. Choi¹, ¹Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Allergy, Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) experience high rates of morbidity and mortality, but few studies have evaluated health care utilization such as hospitalization rates…
Abstract Number: 921 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Poverty Associated with Increase in Damage in SLE over Two-Year Period
Edward H. Yelin¹, Laura Trupin², Jinoos Yazdany² and Stephanie Rush³, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Rheumatology, UCSF, SF, CA, ³UCSF, SF, CA
Background/Purpose: Prior research has shown that persons with SLE in poverty have fewer physician visits for SLE and receive lower technical quality of care.…
Abstract Number: 1293 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Comparison of Prenatal Care in Mothers with and without JIA: Association with Outcomes
Debbie Ehrmann Feldman¹, Anick Bérard², Evelyne Vinet³, Ciarán M. Duffy⁴, Elizabeth Hazel⁵, Marie-Pierre Sylvestre⁶, Garbis Meshefedjian⁷ and Sasha Bernatsky⁸, ¹School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁵Rhematology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁷Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Rheum/Clin. Epid., McGill MUHC/RVH, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Women who had JIA in childhood and adolescence may be at higher risk for adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes. Our objective was to examine…
Abstract Number: 2106 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Intensification to Triple Therapy Non-Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis in the United States from 2009 to 2014
Jeffrey A. Sparks¹, Alexis A. Krumme², Olga S. Matlin³, Gregory Brill², William H. Shrank³, Niteesh K. Choudhry² and Daniel H. Solomon^2,4, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³CVS Caremark, Woonsocket, RI, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Several trials suggest that triple therapy with non-biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (ttDMARD) has similar efficacy compared to biologic DMARDs (bDMARD) for patients with RA.…
Abstract Number: 2259 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incidence of Obesity, Diabetes and High Blood Pressure Associated with Arthritis: Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal National Population Health Survey
Orit Schieir¹, Sheilah. Hogg-Johnson^1,2, Richard H Glazier^3,4,5,6 and Elizabeth M. Badley^1,7, ¹Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Health Care & Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Res. Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: While cross-sectional evidence points to a higher prevalence of cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors in persons with arthritis, longitudinal population based studies are lacking. The…
Abstract Number: 2914 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Correlates of Satisfaction with Care in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Syed Alam¹, Nisarg Gandhi², Alana Nevares¹, Ailda Nika², Winston Sequeira² and Meenakshi Jolly³, ¹Internal Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) a chronic disease, predominantly of young women, which may involve various organs, and is marked by periods of disease flares,…
Abstract Number: 903 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Poor Adherence to Medications for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Predicts Higher Health Care Utilization in U.S. Medicaid Beneficiaries
Jinoos Yazdany¹, Candace H. Feldman², Hongshu Guan³ and Karen H. Costenbader⁴, ¹Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Immunosuppressive and antimalarial drugs improve outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), including reducing disease activity, damage and mortality. Although prior studies have found…
Abstract Number: 800 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hospitalization Rates and Utilization Among Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population-Based Study from 1987 to 2012
C. John Michet III¹, Sara J. Achenbach², Cynthia S. Crowson³ and Eric L. Matteson⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose Patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) may experience serious vascular and visual complications. It is unknown, however, to what extent the difficulties of the…
Abstract Number: 61 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Advocating for Pediatric Rheumatology Care in the Mid-Canadian Provinces: Large Geographic Area, Large Pediatric Population, Low Number of Pediatric Rheumatologists and Allied Health Workers Identified As Unique Challenges
Paivi Miettunen¹, Nadia Luca², Susanne Benseler², Janet Ellsworth³, Tommy Gerschman⁴, Nicole Johnson², Heinrike Schmeling² and Natalie J. Shiff⁵, ¹Department of Pediatrics/Alberta Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics/University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²Pediatrics/Alberta Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics/University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Pediatrics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Background/Purpose Advocacy for pediatric rheumatology care for Mid-Canadian (MC) provinces (Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Saskatchewan) represents a challenge. Although these provinces comprise a…
Abstract Number: 2939 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Diagnosis of Spondyloarthritis in Female Patients Started in the Early Biologic Era
Nisha Nigil Haroon¹, Ping Li², Michael Paterson² and Nigil Haroon³, ¹Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose The health and economic impact of spondyloarthritis is considerable and growing. Over the past decade or more, there have been two major changes in…
Abstract Number: 2902 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Health Status of Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Significantly Worsens after Transfer from Pediatric to Adult Care
Kirsten Minden¹, Jens Klotsche², Martina Niewerth², Angela Zink³ and Gerd Horneff⁴, ¹Chidlrens´ hospital, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ²Epidemiology unit, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ³German Rheumatism Research Centre and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Background/Purpose A minority of patients with polyarticular JIA enter adulthood in drug free remission. Thus, patients are in need of care beyond adolescence. There is…
Abstract Number: 2406 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Primary Non-Adherence, Associated Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Prescribed Injectable Biologics
J. Harnett¹, D. Wiederkehr¹, R. Gerber², D. Gruben², J. Bourret³ and A. Koenig³, ¹Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, ²Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ³Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Injectable biologics are commonly used to treat patients (pts) with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA); the frequency with which they are prescribed but…
Abstract Number: 2116 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hospitalization Rates and Utilization Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Population-Based Study from 1987 to 2012
C. John Michet III¹, Katrina Strobova², Sara J. Achenbach³, Cynthia S. Crowson⁴ and Eric L. Matteson⁵, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience chronic management issues and are at risk for complex comorbidities. It is unknown, however, to what extent the…

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